Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 18 No. 26 Sandia Transferring Some Production Work to Kansas City Plant
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Contracts & Procurement
With Contract Transition Looming, CNS Chief Operating Officer Jim Allen Retires
New Y-12/Px Contractor Says Retirement Due to ‘Family Medical Situation’ Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 6/27/2014 Bechtel executive Jim Allen, who was bid to be the chief operating officer for Y-12/Pantex contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security, is retiring and will not assume his role as the No. 2 official for the new contractor. CNS spokesman Jason Bohne […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
New Y-12/Pantex Contractor Considering Moving Some UPF Work to Bechtel Headquarters
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 6/27/2014 Incoming Y-12/Pantex contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security has confirmed that it’s considering moving part of the Uranium Processing Facility’s design work to Bechtel’s Government Services home base in Reston, Va., but a spokesman said it’s not a done deal and emphasized that it won’t involve a large-scale relocation of work now […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DOE Requests $33 Million Reprogramming to Fund American Centrifuge
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 6/27/2014 The Department of Energy officially asked Congressional appropriators this week to reprogram about $33 million in National Nuclear Security Administration funds to support the American Centrifuge Project through the remainder of the fiscal year. USEC is currently continuing work on the American Centrifuge Project under an 18-month subcontract with Oak […]
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Budget & Policy
House Likely to Take Up FY 2015 E&W Approps Bill After Independence Day Recess
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 6/27/2014 House lawmakers are expected to take up the Fiscal Year 2015 Energy and Water Appropriations Act after taking a break for the Independence Day recess, though the prospects for completing the bill have been thrown into turmoil with the Senate version of the bill stalled. The bill, which funds the […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Air Force Set to Begin Briefing Leadership on Analysis of ICBM Alternatives
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 6/27/2014 The Air Force is set to begin briefing leadership on the results of its analysis of alternatives for replacing the current fleet of Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missiles, Global Strike Command chief Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson said this week. The analysis covers a variety of options for the new “Ground-Based […]
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Budget & Policy
House Appropriators: NNSA Nuclear Removal Activities a Burden on EM
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 6/27/2014 Raising questions about how much the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management supports National Nuclear Security Administration missions, the House Appropriations Committee last week directed $21.3 million in funding for nonproliferation work in Russia to go toward spent foreign fuel work at the Savannah River Site and the Idaho […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
At Oak Ridge
ORNL’s Titan Supercomputer Retains No. 2 Spot on World TOP500 List NS&D Monitor 6/27/2014 Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Titan supercomputer, a Cray XK7 system with a hybrid architecture, is still America’s most powerful computer, and has retained its No. 2 position on the TOP500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers. The new list released this […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap Up: In Congress, In the NNSA, In the Industry
NS&D Monitor 6/27/2014 In Congress Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), the former chairman of the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee and an advocate of National Nuclear Security Administration reform efforts, announced late last week that he will seek to become chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The current chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa […]