Vol. 5, No. 22 Third COVID-19 Case Confirmed at Hanford
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National Laboratories
Sandia Rad-Hardened Electronics Lab Reopens After Deep Cleaning From COVID-19 Case
The Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico temporarily closed parts of the MESA complex where it produces radiation-hardened microelectronics for nuclear weapons after someone working there tested positive for COVID-19. However, the labs network said it planned to reopen Buildings 858N and 858EF on Thursday morning, after shutting them down for deep cleaning. Sandia is […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Jacobs Earns More Revenue, Deals With Virus During Quarter
Engineering giant Jacobs said Wednesday it took in $3.4 billion in revenue during its fiscal 2020 second quarter, up from the $3.1 billion generated during the same period of 2019, despite moving most of its worldwide workforce to telework. Thanks to rapid action since the beginning of the crisis, Jacobs expedited the shift of its […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
NNSA Won’t Extend Comment Period on LANL Pit Review Any Further
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has decided it will not further extend the public comment period for an environmental review of the planned pit production plant at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Last month, at the request of constituents organized by the Santa Fe advocacy organization Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Sens. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Contract Protesters Usually Lose at GAO
The Government Accountability Office has recently rejected protests against two multibillion-dollar contracts at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state – and that’s not unusual. During fiscal 2019, the government watchdog sustained only 13% of the 2,071 bid protests resolved during the 12-month period, according to a November GAO report to Congress. In […]
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Budget & Policy
Correction
Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-N.J.) name was misspelled in an article in the Wednesday issue of Weapons Complex Morning Briefing.