Vol. 5, No. 13 Dems Ask DOD to Explain Low-Yield Nuke Use Plans, Effect on NNSA Complex
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Warhead & Weapons Development
NNSA Seeks $53M for W93 in Fiscal 2021, Won’t Disclose First Production Unit Date
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is seeking $53 million in fiscal 2021 for the planned W93 sea-based ballistic-missile warhead: two years sooner than the agency previously thought it would need funding for the weapon. A spokesperson for the semiautonomous… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Warhead & Weapons Development
Pentagon Policy Leader Rood to Step Down at Urging of President
The Defense Department’s top policy director submitted a letter of resignation Wednesday, saying he will leave his post at the end of the month and stating plainly that his departure was prompted by President Donald Trump. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy John Rood assumed his role in August 2018, and will be succeeded by James […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE Undersecretary Walks Back Comments on Yucca Mountain
A senior Department of Energy official on Wednesday walked back week-old comments suggesting the Trump administration still supports advancing development of a nuclear waste repository under Yucca Mountain in Nevada. “I have spoken to the White House and the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Energy Department Rejects Requests to Extend Deactivation Contract Deadline
The Energy Department declined several requests from prospective vendors to extend the Feb. 3 deadline for bidding on a potential 10-year, $3 billion Nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning, and Removal Contract for excess facilities. The Environmental Management… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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National Laboratories
Livermore Promotes Gowadia to Lead Global Security Directorate
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has promoted Huban Gowadia to principal associate director of global security, where she will lead the Californi nuclear weapons facility’s nonproliferation and nuclear counterterrorism programs, the lab announced… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Ex-Huntington Ingalls Exec, Retired General Join Pro2Serve Board
A former Huntington Ingalls Industries executive and a retired U.S. Army brigadier general have been elected to the Board of Directors to Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Professional Project Services (Pro2Serve). In a Tuesday press release, the Energy Department contractor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Entergy Boosts Earnings for 4Q, Full-Year 2019
Good investment returns on the decommissioning trust funds for the Pilgrim and Indian Point nuclear power complexes helped Entergy improve its financial pictures for 2019. However, the Pilgrim fund is no longer part of Entergy’s corporate finances, Chairman and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
Correction
An article in the Tuesday Weapons Complex Morning Briefing should have specified that preliminary earnings figures show Fluor’s government services business is expected to end 2019 with a backlog of $3.8 billion. Fluor’s total expected 2019 backlog is $32.7… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]