Vol. 8, No. 52

Plutonium Pit Production

House Committee nixes plan to repeal binding pit-production targets; authorizes $24B for NNSA

Early Thursday, a House committee approved a bill to cap National Nuclear Security Administration spending in 2024 at about $23.8 billion and blocked a plan to repeal legal deadlines to make new nuclear weapon cores. The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
  • Decommissioning

    NY Gov undecided on bill banning Indian Point wastewater discharges

    New York’s governor had yet to decide whether she would sign a bill, passed Monday by the state legislature, that would punish anyone who discharges irradiated water into the Hudson River. The bill, S06893, passed the General Assembly 101-44 on the first day… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    With Los Alamos contract extension, N3B management team overhauled, Lebak returns to HII

    Brad Smith has replaced Kim Lebak as president and general manager of the legacy waste cleanup contractor for the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Lebak is heading back to Huntington Ingalls Industries, the corporate parent of the team’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • Budget & Policy

    House committee’s NDAA has $7B-plus for defense environmental

    The House Armed Services Committee on Thursday approved its version of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes allowing the Department of Energy to spend up to $7.5 billion on Defense Environmental cleanup. The committee approved the bill early… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

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