Vol. 5, No. 21 Bid Protest Filed Over Hanford Site Services Contract
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Inspector General Urges More Clarity, Standardization on Hanford Radiation Records
The U.S. Energy Department Office of Inspector General (IG) is urging management at the Hanford Site in Washington state to provide more clarity and standardization in its recordkeeping for employee radiation dose. Greater use of standard forms and clearer lines… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Nevada Plutonium Lawsuit Continuing at Least to Early March
A federal judge is not pulling the plug yet on Nevada’s lawsuit to have a half-metric ton of plutonium trucked out of the state, despite the Department of Energy’s repeated requests to dismiss the case. The U.S. District Court for Nevada has scheduled a teleconference… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Centerra Parent Downgraded by Credit Raters, Signs Forbearance Agreement
Constellis, the Reston, Va.-based parent of U.S. Energy Department contractor Centerra Group, has reached a “forbearance agreement” with certain creditors in order to get some leeway on loan repayment while it works to shore up its balance sheet. “Constellis… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
B52 Loses Nuclear Gravity Bombs, Per Air Force Order
The U.S. Air Force officially ended the B52-H’s mission to carry nuclear gravity bombs late last year, according to an updated operating military manual making the rounds online this week. Air Force Instruction 91-111, dated Sept. 5, calls for “removal of B61-7… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Accepting Hearing Petitions for SHINE Isotope Plant License
Stakeholders have until March 10 to file a petition with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a hearing to raise concerns about SHINE Medical Technologies’ license application to operate a medical isotope production plant in Janesville, Wis. The federal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Waste Management Symposia Hires New Manager
Jackie Quintyne, a Chicago native with 19 years of conference planning experience, has been named conference manager for the Waste Management Symposia in Phoenix. The annual WM Symposia in March is the largest international conference for the management of radioactive… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
Correction
An article in Monday’s Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, “JASONs Endorse Fast Start to New Pit Complex,” should have said the Los Alamos National Laboratory is supposed to produce 30 plutonium pits a year by 2026. SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]