Vol. 22, No. 27 
Triad Appears to Lock Up Los Alamos Contract, With No Protests Filed
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Plutonium Pit Production
Appeals Judge Declines DOE Request to Lift Order Protecting MFFF
The Department of Energy’s Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) will enjoy judicial protection from the federal ax for essentially the rest of the government’s 2018 fiscal year after an appeals court last week decided not to immediately lift a lower… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Hosting ‘Technical Workshop’ About SRS Challenges for Potential M&O Contractors
The Department of Energy is inviting potential bidders on a yet-to-be-solicited management and operations contract for the Savannah River Site to Augusta, Ga., on August 1 for what the agency calls a “technical workshop.” At the all-day workshop, DOE “will… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Contracts & Procurement
BWXT, Jacobs Announce Management Changes
Two major Department of Energy contractors, Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering and Virginia-based BWX Technologies, recently announced new executive appointments in their nuclear business units. Colin Jones, most recently with AECOM, is the new vice president and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Life Extension Programs
NNSA Conducts B61-12 Flight-Hardware Tests on B-2 Bomber
The National Nuclear Security Administration announced last week it completed a pair of flight tests on non-nuclear components of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb near the Nevada National Test Site. “The tests involved releasing a B61-12 non-nuclear test assembly,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Centerra-SRS Takes Home About 95 Percent of Potential Fee
A Centerra Group subsidiary contracted to protect the Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina took home almost $3 million of an available award fee of $3.16 million, roughly 95 percent, for the six-month period from October 2017 through March… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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National Laboratories
Democrat Took Senate Re-Election Bid to Los Alamos Wine-Tasting Room
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) visited Los Alamos, but not at the Energy Department laboratory, on Thursday as part of his first U.S. Senate re-election campaign. Heinrich, who is seeking a second term, appeared for a one-and-a-half hour meet and greet at a wine… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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National Laboratories
Los Alamos Coalition Moves Closer to Picking New Director
A search committee for the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC) in New Mexico last week interviewed candidates to become the organization’s new executive director, and could fill the post this summer. The RCLC board panel expects “to negotiate a contract… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Contracts & Procurement
CNS, Union Agree on New Five-Year Contract for Y-12 Guards
Consolidated Nuclear Security, the prime contractor for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons sites, reached a new collective bargaining agreement with a union representing Y-12 security personnel in Tennessee. The five-year… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Stockpile Stewardship
Texas A&M Lands Stockpile-Stewardship Grant for Low-Energy Nuke Science
Texas A&M University will manage a low-energy nuclear science center for the National Nuclear Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) using a five-year, $10-million grant announced Thursday. With the grant, the College State-based university will operate the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Judges Involved With Y-12 Break-in Rulings Are on Supreme-Court Shortlist
Among the jurists who President Donald Trump could tap to fill an impending Supreme Court vacancy are two who were involved with the case of an octogenarian nun who broke into the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and , and defaced a uranium… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]