Vol. 4, No. 135 Balky Capacitors Could Delay Two NNSA Nuke Refurb Programs
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Official: Columbia Will Be On Time But No Margin, Supplier Inspections Continue
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The program manager for the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines said Tuesday while the boats have almost no margin for delays, he believes the submarines will be ready in time and that additional inspections of suppliers will… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Geurts: Navy Focus On Columbia Margin About Sub Cadence
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy’s top acquisitions official said Tuesday the Navy’s concern with maintaining the Columbia-class ballistic missile (SSBN) submarine schedule margin is focused on the overall submarine cadence, but if issues emerge the Navy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
West Lake Parties Commit to Remedial Design for Cleanup
The Department of Energy and two companies have agreed to carry out “remedial design” for the cleanup approach selected by the Environmental Protection Agency for the radioactively contaminated area of the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, Mo. The Energy Department,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Decommissioning
California Commission Could Consider SONGS Decommissioning Permit in June
The California Coastal Commission is tentatively scheduled in June to consider a permit that would allow major decommissioning to begin at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). “Commission staff is presently planning on the item being heard at the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Perma-Fix Earnings Drop by $1M in First Quarter
Perma-Fix Environmental Services said Thursday that revenue in the first quarter of 2019 dropped by $1 million from the prior year, as the company’s services branch hit a lull in business. The Atlanta-based nuclear services provider said revenue fell from $12.7… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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National Laboratories
DOE, New Mexico Set July Meeting on 2020 Los Alamos Cleanup Milestones
Officials from the Energy Department Office of Environmental Management (EM) and the New Mexico Environment Department are set to meet in July to discuss legacy nuclear-waste-cleanup priorities for the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2020, the chair of an agency-funded… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Non-Proliferation
House Foreign Affairs Leaders File Bill Urging Trump to Continue New START
The U.S. Congress would be officially in favor of extending the New START nuclear-arms-control treaty, if bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday in the House becomes law. The bill from Reps. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the chair and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Energy Dept. Picks Five Small Businesses for Oak Ridge Cleanup Work
The U.S. Department of Energy said Wednesday it has contracted five small businesses to provide $24.9 million worth of demolition and other cleanup services for the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee. The selected companies are: Aerostar SES, of Oak Ridge; ARS… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
Correction
An article in the Wednesday edition of Weapons Complex Morning Briefing should have said that J. L. Shepherd and Associates manufactured the cesium blood irradiator removed from a University of Washington building, and that a DOE Radiological Assistance Program… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]