Vol. 22, No. 15 
Feinstein Won’t Vote for DOE Budget That Includes B83 Bomb
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE to Extend SRS Management Contractor for One Year
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions will stay on the job for another year as the management and operations contractor of the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, the Department of Energy wrote in a procurement note earlier this month. The agency announced the extension April 4, ahead of the July 31 expiration of the contract held […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Purdue Confirms LANL Bid With Bechtel
Purdue University on April 6 confirmed it teamed with Bechtel National, of Reston, Va., on a bid to run the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico — a teaming arrangement first reported by Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor in February. The confirmation came Friday from Mitch Daniels, president of the Indiana-based university. Daniels spoke to the […]
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Transuranic Waste
EPA Says It’s Too Soon to Act on Plutonium Disposal at WIPP
The Environmental Protection Agency told an official South Carolina nuclear-advisory body there is nothing the federal agency can do, for now, to prevent the Department of Energy from proceeding with its plan to cancel a multibillion-dollar nonproliferation project at the Savannah River Site in the state. That is according to a letter dated April 2 […]
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National Laboratories
Sarrao in, Bishop Out as Head of LANL Science Programs
John Sarrao will replace Alan Bishop as principal assistant director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Science, Technology, and Engineering branch, a lab spokesperson said Monday. In his new role, Sarrao will run the lab’s fundamental science programs, which include research applicable to nuclear weapons, among other things. The directorate’s four sub-branches are: chemistry, life, […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Seeks Bids For New Livermore Supercomputer
The Department of Energy and its semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration are seeking bids on a new series of exascale supercomputers, including one at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that would cost up to $600 million and switch on early next decade, according to a request for proposals released Monday. Funding for the proposed Livermore […]
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Budget & Policy
Alexander, Feinstein Remain Chief DOE Appropriators in Senate
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) took over as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, but the leadership of the subcommittee in charge of the Department of Energy’s annual budget bills has not changed. Shelby replaces Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), who retired April 1 due to ailing health. In a press announcement, the senior senator […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
DoD Deputy Gets ‘Deep Dive’ Briefing On Air Force’s B-21 Bomber
By Marc Selinger Defense Daily Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, whose duties include overseeing big-ticket acquisition programs, attended a recent “deep dive” briefing on the Air Force’s B-21 Raider to better familiarize himself with the bomber development effort, a service official said April 9. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson said that he and prime contractor Northrop Grumman [NOC] […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Navy Might Someday Consider Buying More Than 12 Columbia-Class Submarines
By Marc Selinger Defense Daily The U.S. Navy, which has said for years that it wants to buy 12 Columbia-class, nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines to replace its aging Ohio-class fleet, is leaving open the possibility that it will end up acquiring more than that, a service official said April 11. “That’s a decision that will be made […]