Vol. 4, No. 91

Warhead & Weapons Development

First W76-2 Finished at Pantex in January, NNSA Says

ARLINGTON, Va. —The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in January completed its first low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic-missile warhead, which now awaits a final design review in Texas before the agency can ship it to the Navy, an agency official said here Tuesday. Production of the W76-2 warhead, a modified version of the recently refurbished W76-1, is conducted […]
  • Plutonium Pit Production

    NNSA to Hone Procurement Approach for SRS Pit Plant by Next Year

    ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will hone its acquisition approach for the plutonium-pit plant to be built at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina around September 2020, a long-time agency contractor said here Wednesday.  Fluor-led Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the Savannah River site management contractor, is on the hook to […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    DOE Manager to Lead Both Hanford Offices

    The manager of the Department of Energy Office of River Protection at the Hanford Site, Brian Vance, has been selected as acting manager of the Hanford Richland Operations Office. This is the first time since the Office of River Protection (ORP) was established in 1998 that there has been one top manager for the entire […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    SRNS Chief Foresees Contract Extension

    ARLINGTON, Va. — The head of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) hazarded an educated guess here Wednesday that the Department of Energy will soon extend his team’s contract to manage the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C. After a one-year, $1-billion extension awarded in 2018 by DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, SRNS is slated to […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    SRNS, Feds Wait on Advisory Opinion in $5M Overcharging Lawsuit

    The U.S. Justice Department and the contractor that manages the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina hope a civilian board will soon offer an opinion on whether the company overcharged the federal government by $5 million. Before a decision can be made, the two sides must wrap up a weeks-long hearing in […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Hanford Occupational Medicine Provider Earns 90% of Fee in Latest Scorecard

    The Hanford Site’s occupational medicine contractor has been awarded 90.1 percent of the fee available for the last full fiscal year under its expiring contract. HPM Corp. (HPMC), of Kennewick, Wash., earned $315,350 of $350,000 available for fiscal 2018, according to a Department of Energy performance scorecard released Wednesday. HPM Corp. was awarded a six-year […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    New York Considers Transuranic Waste Storage at SPRU

    The state of New York plans to accept public input later this year on a draft permit for the U.S. Department of Energy to keep transuranic waste up to 10 years at the Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) cleanup site in Schenectady County. After the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) last year decided the […]

  • Defense & Military

    Pentagon IG to Evaluate Space, Nuclear and Missile Defense Programs in FY 19

    The Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (DOD OIG) plans to evaluate 11 separate efforts related to space, nuclear deterrence and missile defense in fiscal year 2019, including whether the Air Force properly certified SpaceX for military launch missions. The DOD OIG released its fiscal year 2019 oversight plan last December with little fanfare, where […]

  • Innovation & Infrastructure

    NNSA Readies New Funding Deals for Medical Isotope Production

    ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) could soon award a new tranche of funding to support U.S. commercial manufacturing of the medical isotope molybdenum-99, a senior official said this week. “We’re working through the competitive procurement process and I hope that we can make an announcement on that soon,” William “Ike” […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    Contractor, DOE Intervene in New Mexico Appeal Over WIPP Waste Volume

    The Energy Department and its contractor for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) are seeking to preserve their recently won change to the way in which transuranic waste volume is recorded at the New Mexico disposal facility. Both DOE and AECOM-led Nuclear Waste Partnership have been authorized to intervene in the legal challenge brought last […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Publication Notice

    Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will not be published on Monday in observance of Presidents Day. Look for our next edition in your inbox on Tuesday, Feb. 19.

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