Vol. 5, No. 13

Cleanup & Remediation

Hanford Tells Only ‘Essential’ Employees to Report to Work

The Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state has instructed only “essential personnel” to report to work effective immediately under a “temporary planning operations status” due to COVID-19. “Unless contacted by your supervisor, all federal, contractor, subcontractor, and craft employees should not report to work,” according to a notice Sunday on a website for the […]
  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    NNSA Tracking COVID-19 Expenses as Production Sites Roll On

    The Deartment of Energy’s nuclear-weapon sites are starting to track the financial effects of reordering day-to-day operations amid the worsening COVID-19 outbreak, even as weapons-production continues and restrictions increase. “Due to state, local and national work restriction orders, NNSA [the National Nuclear Security Administration] has asked us to track expenses related to COVID-19,” the Sandia […]

  • Defense & Military

    Memo: Defense Contractors Urged by Pentagon to Stay on the Job Amid Pandemic

    The defense industrial base is considered part of the United States’ critical infrastructure by the Department of Homeland Security, and as such has a “special responsibility” to maintain normal work schedules amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, according to a memo written March 20 by the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer. In the memo, Undersecretary of Defense […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Decommissioning Continues at San Onofre in Face of COVID-19

    Decommissioning and spent-fuel offloading will continue at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), but with added safety measures to prevent any transmission of COVID-19, according to majority owner Southern California Edison (SCE). “We’re monitoring the situation very closely, on a day-to-day basis, with plans in place to ensure the appropriate levels of safety and […]

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    Lockheed Martin Wins $601 Million In Trident II D5 Support

    The Navy on March 19 awarded Lockheed Martin a $601 million modification to exercise contract options for submarine-launched ballistic missile Trident II D5 production and deployed systems support. The work will mostly be performed in Magna, Utah (33.5%); Sunnyvale, Calif. (13.7%; Denver (10.6%); Cape Canaveral, Fla. (6.9%); and other various locations. It is expected to be finished […]

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