Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 18 No. 30 Obama Administration Appears to Soften Stance Against MOX Project
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Life Extension Programs
Senate Appropriators Continue to Raise Questions About B61 LEP in Markup Docs
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 7/25/2014 Senate appropriators fully funded the Obama Administration’s $643 million Fiscal Year 2015 request for refurbishment work on the B61 bomb, but according to documents finally released by the panel this week, it appears they did so grudgingly, and with considerable reservations. Led by Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chair […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Creedon Confirmed by Senate as NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator
Deputy Energy Secretary Nominee Faces Long Road After Senate Energy Hearing Todd Jacobson and Mike Nartker NS&D Monitor 7/25/2014 Madelyn Creedon was confirmed by the Senate this week as the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Principal Deputy Administrator, giving the agency a full complement of Senate-confirmed officials for the first time in nearly 20 months. Creedon, […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
UPF Project Revamping Management Structure
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 7/25/2014 With new Y-12/Pantex contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security in place, the Uranium Processing Facility is revamping its management structure and bringing in a senior project management official from Los Alamos National Laboratory to serve as deputy project director. Project Director Brian Reilly said in a recent message to the UPF project […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Hearing in ConverDyn Uranium Transfer Lawsuit Set for Next Week
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 7/25/2014 A federal judge has schedule a hearing for next week on a request by the uranium conversion services company ConverDyn for a temporary injunction to block the Department of Energy’s planned transfers of excess uranium. With DOE currently scheduled to conduct its next transfer at the end of this month, […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Moniz, Klotz to Visit Savannah River Site Monday
Sen. Graham, Gov. Haley also Expected to Join Tour of Site Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 7/25/2014 Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and National Nuclear Security Administration chief Frank Klotz will make a trip to the Savannah River Site on Monday, touring the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility among other projects at the site. Moniz and Klotz […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Picks 3 Teams for Acquisition and Project Management Support Contract
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 7/25/2014 The Department of Energy’s Office of Acquisition and Project Management has selected three teams to provide project management support services, including teams led by two incumbent contractors. NS&D Monitor has learned that teams led by incumbents TechSource and Longenecker & Associates as well as relative newcomer MOCA Systems, a Newton, […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
No Sign of Misuse of Data Following 2013 DOE Cyber Security Breach
Department to Extend Credit Monitoring Service for Another Year Mike Nartker NS&D Monitor 7/25/2014 Approximately a year after a significant cyber security breach at the Department of Energy put the personal information of thousands of people at risk, there have been no signs of misuse of data, according to the Department. The breach, which occurred […]
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International
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves Vietnam 123 Agreement
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 7/25/2014 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has signed off on a new nuclear cooperation agreement with Vietnam, but the addition of several policy provisions added by Senate Democrats are unlikely to find support in the House. The Senate committee this week approved the pact in legislation that is largely based on […]
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National Laboratories
NNSA Nuclear Weapons Laboratories Grab 9 R&D 100 Awards
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 7/25/2014 The National Nuclear Security Administration’s three nuclear weapons laboratories garnered nine 2013 R&D 100 Awards handed out by R&D Magazine, led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which was selected for four awards. Known as the “Oscars of Innovation,” the awards have been given out since 1963 for the best technological […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
At Oak Ridge
Security Guards Reach Settlement With Former Site Security Contractor NS&D Monitor 7/25/2014 More than 350 Oak Ridge security guards will receive back pay for overtime as a result of a settlement in their 2012 federal lawsuit against G4S Government Solutions, the government’s former security contractor at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant and Oak Ridge National […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap Up: In the NNSA
NS&D Monitor 7/25/2014 Y-12’s Procurement Operations were recently recognized by the NNSA for achieving the highest savings rate across the weapons complex in 2013. Y-12 was able to achieve a 6.51 percent savings rate on its total strategic spending, according to the NNSA’s Supply Chain Management Center. The NNSA also said that Y-12 was embarking […]