Vol. 20, No. 20 
NNSA Releases Site Performance Evaluation Reports
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Budget & Policy
Senate Passes FY17 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
The Senate on Thursday at last united to pass a fiscal 2017 spending bill with $31 billion for the Department of Energy, but the House cannot even begin floor votes on its own backlog of spending bills until Monday because Congress still has not agreed on overall spending levels for the next budget year. It […]
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Budget & Policy
SASC Sends NDAA to Full Senate; Full House Next to Consider Bill Amendments
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 23-3 Thursday to report its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to the full chamber following the panel’s closed markup this week. A summary released Thursday notes that the $602 billion bill, which authorizes funding at the level of President Obama’s budget request, includes $543 billion for […]
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Contracts & Procurement
AECOM 2Q Revenue Dips Slightly, Adjusted EPS Up by 50%
Engineering giant AECOM’s fiscal second-quarter revenue dipped by 3 percent, from $4.51 billion in 2015 to $4.38 billion this year, according to earnings numbers released Tuesday. Earnings per share landed at $0.27, with adjusted earnings per share up by half on a year-over-year basis, from $0.58 to $0.87. Net income for the three-month period ending […]
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International
Obama to Visit Hiroshima
President Barack Obama’s trip to Japan later this month will include a stop in the city of Hiroshima, the White House announced Tuesday. This will make him the first serving U.S. president to visit the site of the Aug. 6, 1945, U.S. atomic bomb strike. Obama “will make an historic visit to Hiroshima with Prime […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Provides $5M Grant to Boost SRS Workforce
A regional group that supports job creation near the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., was recently given $1 million to help fill future workforce needs at the site. The Department of Energy announced Monday that the grant totals $5 million that will be rationed out over five years. The money falls under the Workforce […]
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National Laboratories
LANL Community Stakeholders Capitalize on Contract Extension
Local officials representing the community interests of towns and counties around the Los Alamos National Laboratory had reason for relief this week as they visited Washington, D.C. Members of the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities are reassured that they would have an additional one-year extension to help guide the impending contract transition at the lab. […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
NNSA Moves Infrastructure Data to BUILDER System
The National Nuclear Security Administration said this week it has migrated all up-to-date data on buildings at its eight sites to the BUILDER system, which it called a “cutting-edge infrastructure management tool” backed by the National Academy of Sciences. In total, more than 225,000 data points covering inventory and condition of NNSA real property buildings […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
STRATCOM Deputy Chief: Air Force Welcomes Protected Fund For Bomber, Nuclear Missile Modernization
Dan Parsons Defense Daily Both the ground and air legs of the U.S. nuclear triad are in need of replacement and the Air Force would welcome a dedicated fund to pay for their modernization, according to Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, deputy Commander of U.S. Strategic Command. When the Navy made the case to Congress that […]
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Non-Proliferation
Former Lawmakers Urge Cooperation With Russia To Control Nuclear Weapons
Defense Daily With tensions rising between the United States and Russia in Europe and the Middle East, lawmakers responsible for securing the Soviet Union’s nuclear stockpile after its collapse on Monday called for building a bridge between the old enemies at least on the subject of nuclear weapons. Retired Sens. Sam Nun (D-Ga.) and Richard […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Y-12 Stack 110 Faces Another Issue
Another issue has come under scrutiny at Stack 110, a significant emissions point in the 9212 uranium-processing complex at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn. According to a March 25 report by staff of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, a monitoring team with Y-12 contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security noted that enriched […]
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International
In the NNSA: Radiological Material Storage Facilities Dedicated in Tajikistan
Two new facilities for secure radiological material storage have been dedicated at a radioactive waste disposal institution in Tajikistan, the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration announced Thursday. The facilities at the State Institution Radioactive Waste Disposal Site are part of a broader U.S. effort to prevent terrorists from acquiring radiological materials, the agency said. Tajikistan […]
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National Laboratories
Wrap Up: DOE IG Says Los Alamos Managing Sealed Sources Well
The Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico is properly managing its radioactive sealed sources, the Department of Energy’s Inspector General’s Office (IG) said in a report released Thursday. The department uses sealed sources, or radioactive materials enclosed in capsules to prevent leaks, for medical and scientific testing. A 2002 IG report identified deficiencies including […]