Vol. 6, No. 35

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Hruby Sworn in as Sixth NNSA Administrator

Jill Hruby was sworn in Monday as the sixth administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, she wrote in a Twitter post on the official government account for the nuclear-weapons agency’s leader. Today, surrounded by my family, I was sworn in as #NNSA Administrator by @SecGranholm. Leading the dedicated professionals who work tirelessly to advance […]
  • Budget & Policy

    House Scheduled to Debate Bill With DOE’s 2022 Budget on Tuesday

    The House of Representatives was scheduled to begin floor debate Tuesday on a seven-bill appropriations package for the 2022 fiscal year, lawmakers announced Monday after a meeting of the chamber’s Rules Committee. Floor debate was scheduled to start at 1:15… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    DOE 2022 Budget Includes $9 Million Toward Emergency Ops Center

    The Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board heard Monday the proposed fiscal 2022 budget proposal for the Department of Energy site in South Carolina includes $9 million toward development of a new emergency operations center. The minibus appropriations package scheduled for debate Tuesday afternoon on the House floor also includes the $9 million for the […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Proposed Interim Storage Site Violates Federal Law, Texas Lawmakers Tell NRC

    Two proposed commercial interim storage sites run afoul of federal law governing radioactive waste disposal, a cadre of Texas state legislators told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in a letter last week. If NRC were to license either Interim Storage Partners’… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • National Laboratories

    Craft Worker Strike for Three Days at LLNL Starting Tuesday

    Some 200 members of the Society of Professionals, Scientists and Engineers were scheduled to begin a three-day strike Tuesday at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California to protest what they call unfair labor practices, the union said Monday. “The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    Court Offers Mediation in DOE Portsmouth Contamination Lawsuit

    A federal district court in Ohio has said attorneys involved in a lawsuit over off-site radioactive contamination from the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio should explore potential mediation soon. A notice published Friday by Richard Nagel, the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    2 New Panels Should Pose No Big Threat at WIPP, DOE Says

    Developing two new deep-mine panels for disposal of transuranic waste at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., should not entail new environmental risks, according to a document posted last week on the procurement website… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

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