Vol. 5, No. 46

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

NNSA Administrator Fired While on Leave; Energy Secretary Tracked Her for Months

Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette kept close tabs on then-National Nuclear Security Administration boss Lisa Gordon-Hagerty for months, sending chaperones to her meetings with Congress and monitoring her personal calendar before abruptly demanding her resignation last week, a source told Weapons Complex Morning Briefing. It was a dramatic end to a year of strife between […]
  • Transuranic Waste

    Fired Ventilation Contractor Sues WIPP Prime for $32M

    The Department of Energy’s manager for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico has yet to reply to a $32-million breach of contract suit filed late last month by a joint venture which had been hired to build a major new underground ventilation system. Critical… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    FirstEnergy Lawyers Leave Company Week after CEO Terminated

    More top FirstEnergy executives are leaving the company, according to a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its top lawyer. FirstEnergy’s Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Robert Reffner was “separated” from the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Familiar DOE Face Takes Over Policy Role at Nuclear Cleanup Office

    Mark Gilbertson, a longtime Department of Energy manager, is the new principal deputy assistant secretary for regulatory and policy affairs for nuclear cleanup. Gilbertson takes over the post vacated through the Oct. 30 retirement of Elizabeth “Betsy” Connell… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Six More Cases of COVID-19 Pop Up at Hanford

    After 4 p.m. Pacific Time Monday, managers at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state were informed that six more employees have tested positive for the coronavirus. News of the latest surge of COVID-19 cases at Hanford was posted on the DOE… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Cortez Masto and Rosen Don’t Want Any Money Going to Yucca Mountain

    With the presidential election in the rearview and Congress preparing for a lameduck session that will include budget negotiations, Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) asked energy and water appropriations leaders not to include money for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • National Laboratories

    New Boss Named at Idaho National Lab

    The Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory has a new directory, John Wagner, who is being promoted from his current post as associate director for nuclear science and technology. Wagner has been Idaho National Laboratory’s associate director since… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

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