Vol. 20, No. 17 
House Appropriators Prohibit Use of MOX Funding to Suspend Project
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Budget & Policy
HASC Subcommittee Mark Requires Continuation of MOX Construction
The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee is proposing a requirement for the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that construction of the Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility continue unless the secretary of energy reports to Congress on activities meant to address major points of contention on the project. The subcommittee on Thursday […]
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Budget & Policy
SRS Infrastructure Funds Cut From House Version of Energy Bill
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday erased the $16.5 million sought for Savannah River Site infrastructure upgrades that was included in President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2017 budget request. The committee approved the bill after the Senate Appropriations Committee last week approved its version of the energy and water spending bill, which sustained SRS infrastructure funding […]
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Defense & Military
House NDAA Amendments Require U.S., Russian Military Capability Reports
The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee on Thursday passed its mark for the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to the full committee with several amendments calling for reports related to comparative U.S. and Russian military capabilities to be submitted to Congress. The mark would also require construction of the Mixed Oxide (MOX) […]
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National Laboratories
Another Senior Official Out at Los Alamos Lab
Another senior official has departed the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico as of this week. John Tapia, LANL’s acquisition service management deputy division leader, according to his LinkedIn profile, managed a staff of 150 people with an annual operating budget of $16 million. He is no longer employed by the laboratory after a […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Kendall: Air Force to Release RFP for Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Shortly
Valerie Insinna Defense Daily The Air Force will issue a request for proposals (RFP) in a matter of weeks for its next-generation ICBM, known as the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), the Pentagon’s acquisition chief said Wednesday. “We are on track,” Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, told lawmakers during a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
S.C. Denies Group’s Request to Intervene in MOX Lawsuit
As expected, South Carolina has denied a rural economic group’s request to intervene in the state’s lawsuit against the Department of Energy. The federal agency has failed to pay the state $100 million for a missed milestone at the Savannah River Site’s Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF). The Southern Carolina Regional Development Alliance, which […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
BWXT Subsidiary Awarded HEU Downblending Contract
BWXT Technologies said Thursday a subsidiary company has received a $241.5 million contract from the National Nuclear Security Administration to downblend 10.4 metric tons of highly enriched uranium to a proliferation-resistant low-enriched form available for use as commercial nuclear reactor fuel. The Nuclear Fuel Services contract is due to last through early 2019, according to […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
No Measurable Worker Exposure From Y-12 Radioactive Metal Find: NNSA
The National Nuclear Security Administration said this week there was “no measurable exposure” to workers from a large piece of radioactive metal discovered last month during site preparation for the Uranium Processing Facility. There have been varying reports about what was uncovered at the UPF site, although occurrence reports submitted by Y-12 contractor Consolidated Nuclear […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Looks at Repairs Inside Y-12’s Crowded Production Area
The National Nuclear Security Administration confirmed that it is looking at ways to carry out repairs at the Y-12 National Security Complex’s Building 9204-2, also known as Beta-2, which houses the Tennessee site’s nuclear weapons operations with lithium. But there’s still plenty of mystery about the plans for work in the crowded production complex inside […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Wrap Up: Honeywell Announces $9.5 Billion in First-Quarter Sales
Honeywell’s first-quarter 2016 sales totaled $9.5 billion, while its year-over-year earnings per share rose by 9 percent, the company announced Friday. Core organic sales grew 1 percent, and the company raised its earnings per share guidance for the year by 7-10 percent, to $6.55-$6.70. A Honeywell subsidiary, Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, is the managing […]