Vol. 4, No. 13 Energy Department Pulls the Plug on SRS Liquid Waste Solicitation
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Officers Send Conflicting Signals on Columbia Sub Margin
WASHINGTON — A Navy admiral and the head of U.S. Strategic Command sent conflicting signals in Washington on Tuesday about whether a botched welding job on long-lead parts of the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine could spell delay for the Navy’s top… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Energy Department Contractor Reviews Lack Cost Data, GAO Says
The U.S. Department of Energy could do a better job of monitoring how its contractors spend billions of dollars in federal money, the Government Accountability Office said Tuesday. The new GAO report recommends DOE entities, including the Office of Environmental… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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International
Key House Overseer Seeks to Prevent Post-INF Nuke Standoff
The head of a House panel with oversight of U.S. nuclear weapons expressed hope Tuesday that the United States and Russia might be able to work together, in a post-Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty world, to prevent a nuclear standoff on NATO borders. Citing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Judge Again Refuses to Block Plutonium Shipments to Nevada
A federal judge this week refused Nevada’s second request to legally block the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) from shipping weapon-usable plutonium to the state from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. U.S. District Judge Miranda… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
ECA Pursues High-Level Waste Issue With Congress
While the Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) hopes the Department of Energy will change what it considers high-level radioactive waste, it has not forgotten the federal agency still owes Congress a report on the issue. The ECA asked the House and Senate Armed Services… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Full Appeals Court Hearing Sought in Hanford Pension Lawsuit
Retirees of former Hanford Site contractor Lockheed Martin Services Inc. have petitioned the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to hear their appeal of a U.S. Court of Federal Claims decision in a class action lawsuit against the Department of Energy. In… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Jury Selection Scheduled for SRNS Negligence Suit
The management and operations contractor for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site could be headed to trial near the end of the year over a federal negligence lawsuit filed in November by a site employee. A scheduling order filed Monday in U.S. District… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Board Updates Schedule for Ruling on Interventions in Spent Fuel Site Licensing
An Atomic Safety and Licensing Board at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has pushed back an earlier schedule for ruling on requests to intervene in licensing of a planned spent nuclear fuel storage facility in New Mexico. The three-person panel last month… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]