Vol. 8, No. 67

Plutonium Pit Production

NNSA kicks can on facility crucial to disposing of old warhead cores

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s drive to make new nuclear-weapon cores has delayed disposal of old ones, according to an agency statement emailed to the Exchange Monitor on Tuesday. Amid the expansion of the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s PF-4… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    And then there were 2 board members at DNFSB

    With long-timer Jessie Hill Roberson’s Wednesday retirement from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the federal government’s independent safety watchdog for nuclear-weapon sites is down to two members. Chair Joyce Connery and Vice Chair Thomas Summers… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    GAO wants Army Corps to get a handle on rising FUSRAP liability

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could counter a dramatic spike in its environmental liability by using new management practices at the 19 nuclear-weapon sites it is cleaning up, Congress’ investigative arm said this week. The secretary of the Army should also… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]

  • National Laboratories

    9th Circuit panel considers if Sandia scientist’s retirement was voluntary

    Federal appeals judges on Wednesday heard arguments about whether the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories prime contractor forced out a 25-year scientist and manager by giving him only a day to decide whether to resign or undergo a performance… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

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