Vol. 5, No. 38 Savannah River COVID-19 Total Increases to 35; Hanford Workers Tested
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Stockpile Stewardship
Nevada Dems Oppose Nuke Testing, as NDAA Adds Funds for Test-Resumption Prep
After it leaked to the media that the Senate’s fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) had a sliver of funding for nuclear-explosive test readiness, the five Democrats of Nevada’s congressional delegation released a letter to the White House condemning any return to testing. “With no stated justification to resume testing, we unequivocally oppose any […]
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Contracts & Procurement
GAO Rejects Bid Protests Filed Over $1B DOE Legacy Management Contract
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied two bid protests filed over RSI EnTech’s potential $1 billion support services contract with the Energy Department’s Office of Legacy Management. In March, the Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based environmental and technical contractor won a five-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with Legacy Management. Both incumbent Navarro Research and Engineering and […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Rejection of Tritium Recommendation Was Not About DNFSB Jurisdiction, DOE Says Again
In an official report to Congress about tritium-safety oversight, the Department of Energy again sought to avoid a legal fight about whether its workforce is subject to recommendations from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB). The independent federal agency feared DOE might have rejected a 2019 recommendation to bolster the Savannah River Site’s ability […]
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Defense & Military
New CEO Takes Helm at Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin on Monday completed its planned leadership transition, with James Taiclet entering as its new president and CEO. He succeeds Marillyn Hewson, who remains with the company as executive chairman. Taiclet, 60, will continue to serve on the company’s board, which he joined in 2018. Before leading Lockheed Martin, Taiclet was chairman, president, and CEO […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Two Fluor Execs Receive Separation Payments
Fluor is paying over $1.1 million in separation agreements to two recently departed executives, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Executive Vice President for Systems and Supply Chain Ray Barnard is being paid a lump sump of $620,000, and Executive Vice President, Energy and Chemicals—Business Development and Strategy Jose Bustamante is […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Meyers Jumps to TechSource From Huntington Ingalls
Nuclear industry journeyman John Meyers has been hired to run point on TechSource’s business with the Department of Energy and its semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration. The Los Alamos, N.M., company in May hired Meyers as vice president for federal nuclear programs, making him the “principal officer for all National Nuclear Security Administration and Department of […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
Texas Commission to Vote on Reducing Disposal Charge at Compact Facility
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is scheduled to vote July 1 whether to approve the reduction in a charge for disposal of radioactive waste at a state-owned facility operated by Waste Control Specialists. The rulemaking would amend the Texas Administrative Code’s section on low-level radioactive waste disposal fees, specifically reducing the curie inventory charge […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Correction
A story in Monday’s Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, NNSA Closes Out Westinghouse Excess Uranium Contract, should have said BWX Technologies subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services has a contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority.