Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 18 No. 12 B&W-LED TEAM GIVES UP FIGHT FOR NNSA’S Y-12/PANTEX CONTRACT
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Contracts & Procurement
EDITORIAL: DECISION HORIZON ON SANDIA PUTS CONTRACT IN JEOPARDY
Martin Schneider CEO ExchangeMonitor Publications 3/21/2014 The National Nuclear Security Administration this week announced plans to extend the management contract for Sandia National Laboratories for another two years, with an option for a third year. Makes sense, right? After just finishing the seven-year odyssey that became the Y-12/Pantex contract competition, a two-year extension will give […]
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Contracts & Procurement
NNSA TO EXTEND SANDIA CONTRACT, PREPARE FOR COMPETITION
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/21/2014 The National Nuclear Security Administration at long last is moving to compete the Sandia National Laboratories management and operating contract, announcing this week that it is extending Lockheed Martin’s contract to run the lab for two years (with an option for a third) while it prepares to open up the […]
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Budget & Policy
FUNDING FOR NNSA WEAPONS PROGRAM PROJECTED TO REACH $10B BY FY19
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/21/2014 Funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s weapons program is projected to continue to grow over the next five years, reaching nearly $10 billion by Fiscal Year 2019, according to the Obama Administration’s detailed budget justification for the agency that was released over the weekend. The Administration requested $8.3 billion […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
SOUTH CAROLINA SUES OVER MOX SUSPENSION
No Direction to Project Yet on Shutdown Work Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 3/21/2014 In an effort to halt the planned suspension of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, the state of South Carolina this week filed suit against the Department of Energy over its decision to put the project into a “cold standby” mode. In […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
NEI WARNS OF IMPACTS OF POTENTIAL RUSSIAN LEU SANCTIONS
URENCO USA Says Significant Inventory On Hand Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 3/21/2014 While the Nuclear Energy Institute is warning lawmakers of the potential impacts of sanctions under consideration on Russian low enriched uranium, URENCO USA says there is significant inventory on hand. The White House is considering including LEU among sanctions against Russia, and this […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA DISMANTLEMENT WORK TAKES A BIG HIT IN FY 2015 BUDGET REQUEST
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 3/21/2014 A significant slowdown in warhead dismantlement activities is planned for Fiscal Year 2015, according to budget documents released this week. The documents show a steep reduction in spending for dismantlement, with the money apparently being shifted to other programs in the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Directed Stockpile Work. As proposed, […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
LOS ALAMOS EXPECTING TO COMPLETE WORK ON NMSSUP NEXT WEEK
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/21/2014 Los Alamos National Laboratory is expected to wrap up work in the coming weeks on a troubled project to upgrade security at its Technical Area-55, and though the project has been delayed several months by technical problems, the lab is expecting to remain just under the project’s $244.2 million cost […]
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Contracts & Procurement
SCIENCE INTRODUCES AWARD-TERM INCENTIVES IN BNL PROCUREMENT
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/21/2014 The Department of Energy’s Office of Science is adding award-term incentives to the Brookhaven National Laboratory management and operating contract but is also slightly decreasing the available fee for the contract, according to a Request for Proposals released this week. The RFP includes a five-year base contract and the opportunity […]
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Contracts & Procurement
SHAREHOLDERS PUSH CHANGES TO BOARDS OF MAJOR DOE CONTRACTORS
Mike Nartker NS&D Monitor 3/21/2014 Shareholders have been able to convince two major contractors in the Department of Energy marketplace—URS and Babcock & Wilcox—to make changes to their boards of directors. This week, URS announced that it has reached an agreement with shareholder JANA Partners, LLC, which owns slightly less than 10 percent of the […]
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Non-Proliferation
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS, CHALLENGES IN NUKE SECURITY EFFORT
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 3/21/2014 A four-year effort to secure vulnerable nuclear material around the world failed to provide effective security for the world’s most at-risk nuclear materials, according to a report released yesterday by Harvard’s Belfer Center. The report, “Advancing Nuclear Security: Evaluating Progress and Setting New Goals,” comes on the eve of next […]
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Defense & Military
PERSPECTIVE: JOHN HARVEY ON NNSA AND THE DOE/DOD RELATIONSHIP
NS&D Monitor 3/31/2014 The following is adapted from Dr. Harvey’s October remarks to the Congressional Advisory Panel on NNSA Governance. Dr. Harvey updated his presentation for NS&D Monitor this week. The draft recommendations from the Panel are expected to be released next week. I am pleased to offer a perspective on the issues facing […]
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National Laboratories
AT LIVERMORE
THIRD AGE DISCRIMINATION TRIAL MOVES FORWARD NS&D Monitor 3/21/2014 An age discrimination lawsuit involving ten former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employees is moving forward in a Northern California court. The trial is the third involving a group of 130 employees that were laid off from the lab in 2008, and involves scientists and engineers from […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
AT OAK RIDGE
Y-12 EMERGENCY OPS CENTER PROPOSED IN BUDGET NS&D Monitor 3/21/2014 According to detailed budget documents released this week, the National Nuclear Security Administration plans to begin design of a new Emergency Operations Center at the Y-12 National Security Complex, as well as new facilities at Sandia and Lawrence Livermore National Labs. There appears to be […]
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Budget & Policy
WRAP UP: IN DOE, IN THE DNFSB
NS&D Monitor 3/21/2014 IN DOE The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology has made its 18 selections to a Congressionally mandated Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories, and now it’s up to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to whittle that list down to nine. Moniz has until May 1 to […]