Vol. 8, No. 133 Pilgrim decom delay won’t run up the bills, Holtec rep tells state citizens group
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Air Force general says Sentinel can be tipped with multiple warheads
The U.S. Air Force is prepared to put multiple nuclear warheads atop its new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles if called to do so, according to the officer in charge of fielding the new missile. Brig. Gen. Colin Connor, the Air Force’s director of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) modernization, said on Wednesday that the new LGM-35 […]
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Contracts & Procurement
West Valley final RFP not expected before January
Don’t look for the Department of Energy to issue its final solicitation for a potential $3-billion cleanup project at the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York state prior to January, DOE said this week. In a special notice dated Tuesday, the DOE Office of Environmental Management said the final request for proposals (RFP) for […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Federal judge clears way for trial in a COVID-19 suit against UCOR
A federal judge in Tennessee refused to throw out a lawsuit by a former employee for the Department of Energy’s environmental cleanup contractor at the Oak Ridge Site who was fired after refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Plaintiff Yolonda Riggs, a former lead radiation technician for United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR), was fired by […]
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National Laboratories
Los Alamos county manager candidates to meet public
The three finalists for the Los Alamos County, N.M., manager post, including the current deputy manager, will take part in a public “meet-and-greet” Dec.7, the county announced last week. The three finalists to succeed Los Alamos County Manager Steven Lynne are the current deputy, Anne Laurent; Gretchen Cassini, transportation surtax administrator for Broward County, Fla.; […]