Vol. 7, No. 9

Plutonium Pit Production

PF-4 Worker Had Internal Contamination After Another Apparent Glove Box Breach

A worker at the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plutonium facility needed “outpatient treatment” after internal exposure to radiation following an apparent glovebox breach at the lab’s PF-4 plutonium facility on Friday, the lab said Monday. The employee was one of six members of the Los Alamos’ Materials Recovery and Recycle Aqueous Chloride Team who were […]
  • Non-Proliferation

    NNSA to Buy Leonardo Helicopters for Counterterrorsim Office

    The National Nuclear Security Administration’s counterterrorism office planned to replace its Bell-made helicopters with a pair of Leonardo-made aircraft, according to a contract award posted online Monday. The roughly $35.5-million award covers “two (2) each Rotary Wing Aircraft in support of the [National Nuclear Security Administration] NNSA Office of Nuclear Incident Response” from  AgustaWestland Philadelphia […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Federal Judge Who Blocked Contractor Vax Order Ignores ‘What If’ Scenario

    A U.S. district judge in Georgia, who last month blocked the Joe Biden administration from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate aimed at government contractors, declined Friday to wade into issues surrounding contractors that on their own require workers to be inoculated. At the same time, U.S. District Judge Stan Baker in the Southern District of […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Decision on NRC Call to Dismiss NM Interim Storage Suit Coming ASAP, Court Says

    A federal court will rule on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s request to toss a state lawsuit over a proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel “as soon as possible,” according to minutes from a hearing held last week. The Jan. 20 hearing was the latest turn in New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas’s lawsuit […]

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