Vol. 5, No. 31 More COVID-19 Cases Reported at Hanford, Savannah River
-
Budget & Policy
House Panel Quickly Passes Nuke Portion of NDAA
The House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces subcommittee on Monday approved the nuclear-weapons parts of the chamber’s fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. The brief markup sets the stage for the full committee to consider the legislation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
-
Transuranic Waste
WIPP Contractor Takes Home 83% of Potential Fee for Fiscal 2019
The Energy Department contractor for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., earned 83%, or $14.3 million, of a potential $17.3 million fee for its work during fiscal 2019. The DOE fee scorecard for the period from Oct. 1, 2018, through Sept. 30, 2019,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
-
Contracts & Procurement
Y-12 Workers Ratify New Five-Year Labor Contract
The labor group representing some 1,450 workers at the Department of Energy’s Y-12 National Security Complex last week struck a new five-year labor deal with the Tennessee site’s Bechtel National-led manager. Members of the Atomic Trades and Labor Council… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
-
Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Navy Awards Electric Boat $869M Columbia Mod And $9.5B Option For First Two Subs
The Navy on Monday awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat an $869 million modification for continued Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) procurement work, with an added price option for the first two submarines that would increase the total contract… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
-
Defense Low-Level Waste
Energy Dept. to Issue Nationwide Waste Treatment RFP by August
The Energy Department expects by mid-August to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for treatment of low-level and mixed-level radioactive wastes, according to procurement documents published Thursday. The DOE Office of Environmental Management said an RFP should… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
-
Cleanup & Remediation
New Mexico Cites ‘Widespread’ Contamination Problem at Road Near Los Alamos Lab
Radioactive contamination is more widespread than first thought along a road outside the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, according to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED). The area is part of a tract of land, which includes… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
-
Decommissioning
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sets Final Fees for Fiscal 2020
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday locked in its fee collection levels for the current federal fiscal year. The agency collects 90% of its annual budget through annual and service fees, with the rest appropriated by Congress. Lawmakers set the NRC’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
-
Contracts & Procurement
Perma-Fix Scores Another Cleanup Contract at Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Perma-Fix Environmental Services said Friday it has secured a $7 million contract for cleanup operations at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. The award covers “remediation, demolition and waste management services,” according to a press… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
-
Contracts & Procurement
NNSA Taps Green Bay Company for 20th Anniversary Souvenirs
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) ordered 2,000 custom lapel pins at a cost of about $5.45 each from Medalcraft Mint, of Green Bay, Wis., to mark the agency’s 20th anniversary. Congress partially split the semiautonomous NNSA off from the broader… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
-
Transuranic Waste
Correction
A story in the Monday edition of Weapons Complex Morning Briefing should have said the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico on June 15 entered Phase 2 of the Energy Department’s remobilization following on-site staffing drawdowns in March due to the COVID-19… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]