Vol. 13, No. 11 
Planned Los Alamos Pit Plant Could Surge to 80 a Year, NNSA Says
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Cleanup & Remediation
No Confirmed COVID-19 Infections in DOE Nuclear Complex, Yet
There were no documented cases of COVID-19 among Department of Energy federal or contractor personnel at deadline Friday for Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, although one contractor was being tested for the disease. This person works for Mission Support Alliance, of Richland, Wash., the site-wide support services contractor for the sprawling, remote Hanford Site in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Administrator Should Have Fixed Term, Nat’l Academies Panel Says
The head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) should serve a fixed term, a National Academies panel said this week in an interim report on a four-and-a-half-year study into nuclear security governance. The National Academies panel did not say how long the NNSA administrator should serve. However, the group did cite the findings of a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DNFSB Postpones Planned Hearing About Savannah River Site’s Future
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) posted an open hearing that was scheduled for next week in Aiken, S.C., about the future of the Savannah River Site. The independent federal nuclear health and safety watchdog temporarily called off the event because of witness availability, and has not rescheduled it yet, a board spokesperson said […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DNFSB Pushes Back on DOE’s Proposed Changes to Nuke Safety Regulation
The Department of Energy should retool its proposed changes to the federal regulation governing nuclear safety management, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) said Friday. This is the third recommendation from the independent federal nuclear health and safety watchdog to the Donald Trump administration and addresses a slate of changes DOE proposed to the […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Judge Dismisses Discrimination Suit Against Centerra-SRS
A federal judge last week dismissed a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee of the security contractor at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina, ruling there was no proof race played a role in the worker’s termination. In the March 6 order, U.S. District Judge Terry Wooten ruled in favor […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Industry Ready to Build Two Virginia-Class Subs in 2021, Naval Ops Chief Says
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday told senators that industry is ready for and able to build two Virginia-class attack submarines in fiscal 2021, even though the administration’s budget request would fund only one. The Navy is under a Block V multiyear procurement contract that covers nine vessels with an option for a 10th. […]