Vol. 6, No. 50 A Newish UCOR Wins $8.3B Oak Ridge Cleanup Contract to Replace Incumbent UCOR
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National Laboratories
Small Group of Religious Refusers Sue Over LANL Vaccine Mandate in Federal Court; Injunction Hearing Friday
Eight Los Alamos employees who refused to get a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination have sued the lab’s operations contractor in federal court and will get their chance at stopping the mandate in a hearing scheduled for Friday, court papers filed Tuesday show. All… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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National Laboratories
Oak Ridge Lab Vax Injunction Hearing Continues
A hearing was to continue this morning in a federal courtroom in Knoxville, Tenn., over a preliminary injunction requested by a half-dozen employees at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory who seek to avoid being placed on unpaid leave for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Lockheed’s Loss of UK Atomic Weapons Biz is Biggest Headwind of Year So Far
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Tuesday reported lower sales in its third quarter and reduced its outlook for revenue for 2021 with further declines expected in 2022 before rebounding to growth beginning in 2023. Combined with the depressed sales outlook at least through… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Enviros Fight to Keep Pit Lawsuit in Court; NNSA Says Congress’ Mandate Means No Pause for Pits
Environmentalist groups from California, New Mexico and South Carolina are fighting to keep their lawsuit to slow plutonium-pit production from being thrown out of court and claimed this week that Congress’ mandate to produce pits does not prevent further environmental… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Decommissioning
First Evidence in Wisconsin Public Service Review of Kewaunee Sale Could be Due This Winter
A decommissioning company planning to take over operations at a Wisconsin nuclear power plant may have to submit its first evidence briefing to the state agency reviewing the transaction in December, according to a draft schedule in a recent notice from the panel. Dec.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]