Vol. 5, No. 33 House Panel Advances $49.6B Energy Appropriations Bill
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Three Big NNSA Production Sites Return to Normal Ops, With Max Telework
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) three major production sites have returned to normal operations with maximum telework even as cases of COVID-19 rise again around the nation. This means many support services workers are back on-site at the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Savannah River COVID-19 Case Count Stands at 70
The Savannah River Site in South Carolina as of Wednesday had confirmed 70 cases of COVID-19 among its workforce, the most known within the facilities of the Department of Energy nuclear complex. The Energy Department this week recorded the first COVID-19-related death among the site’s 11,000-person workers. Officials said Monday that an employee of operations […]
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Contracts & Procurement
New Hanford Contractors Still Waiting for DOE Green Light
Although they withstood bid protests in April, winners of two multibillion-dollar contracts at the Hanford Site in Washington state still have not received Department of Energy notices to proceed to the jobs. Neither Hanford/s new support services contractor, nor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
Goldstein to Retire After Six Years as Livermore Director, 36 Years at Lab
William Goldstein confirmed Tuesday he will retire as director of the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, as soon as the nation’s second nuclear-design facility finishes the potentially lengthy search for a replacement. Goldstein… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Los Alamos DP Road Cleanup Would Receive $50M Under House Bill
A spending plan advanced by the House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee Tuesday would provide $50 million for the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to clean up recently discovered contamination along a nearby public… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
BWXT Hires New President for Medical Isotope Business
A nuclear medicine specialist is taking over as head of BWX Technologies’ medical isotope business after a stint as an adviser to a rival company. Martyn Coombs will on July 20 succeed Tom Burnett as president of BWXT ITG Canada, according to a press release… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]