Vol. 5, No. 27

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Three More COVID-19 Cases Confirmed at Energy Dept. HQ in Washington

The Department of Energy confirmed Friday three more cases of COVID-19 among the workforce at its Washington, D.C., headquarters. Two of those three people had not been in the Forrestal Building in downtown Washington since “early March,” and a third was… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Watchdog Gets List of ‘Essential’ Tasks That Continued at Savannah River During Pandemic

    The Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina continued to do 22 “essential supporting activities” during a period of dramatically reduced operations forced by the COVID-19 pandemic during April and May, according to information provided to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Vendor Again Misses Delivery Date on NNSA Order of COVID-19 Respirators

    The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) still has not received the nearly quarter-million personal respirators it ordered from a small business in Georgia, due to “order and shipping backlogs,” an agency spokesperson said Friday. Under a fixed-price… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Many DOE Returnees Find Carpools No Longer Cool

    Some of the Energy Department’s largest nuclear cleanup sites are calling more employees back to the jobsite, but asking them to travel solo to help limit the potential spread of COVID-19. Officials for the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, along with the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    Nuclear Energy Strategy Strengthens Nonproliferation, Brouillette Says

    A new federal strategy for strengthening the United States’ nuclear energy industry will pay dividends in promoting global nonproliferation, Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette said Friday. “Our nation’s credibility as a supporter of nonproliferation depends… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Budget & Policy

    House Sets Summer Schedule

    House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Friday released the House’s summer schedule, which shows the majority of June will be used for committee days for members to focus on major legislation to be passed before the end of the fiscal year. In a Dear Colleague… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    NNSA Hosting Virtual Job Fair This Month

    Good news for those who might want a job with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA): although an in-person job fair scheduled for July is officially canceled, the agency will host a virtual event online. “Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    U.S. Must Have Used-Fuel Disposal, NEI Chief Says

    Some of the United States’ radioactive spent fuel could be recycled for use in advanced nuclear power reactors, but the nation still needs a long-term repository for the waste, according to the head of the industry policy organization. Used nuclear fuel retains… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]

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