Vol. 22, No. 29

National Laboratories

Returning Los Alamos to Non-Profit Mindset Key to Big Triad Win, UC Exec Says

Excising the profit-seeking mindset from the Los Alamos National Laboratory was key to keeping the University of California on the storied nuclear-weapons lab’s management team, an executive with the massive public university system said Wednesday. After about a dozen years under the for-profit Los Alamos National Security, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in June […]
  • National Laboratories

    Triad Identifies 11 More Future Los Alamos Execs

    Triad National Security, incoming management and operations contractor for the Los Alamos National Laboratory, filled out some of the lower levels of its organization chart this week, identifying 11 more employees in its science, operations, and weapons stovepipes. The recently identified Triad execs are: Weapons Mission: Michael Bernardin, associate laboratory director, weapons design. Bernardin is […]

  • Plutonium Pit Production

    Judge Freezes MOX District Suit, Awaits Appeal Decision

    A federal judge has placed a South Carolina lawsuit against the Department of Energy on hold until an appeals court decides if she was right to block the agency from stopping work at the Savannah River Site’s Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF). It would not make sense to address other issues in the high stakes […]

  • Budget & Policy

    House Could Vote on Compromise NDAA Next Week

    The House of Representatives could vote on a compromise version of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act next week, a spokesperson for the chamber’s Armed Services Committee said Thursday. The annual NDAA — one of the few bills Congress reliably passes every year — sets funding ceilings and policy for federal defense programs, including the […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Still No Date for Final Debate of 2019 NNSA Approps Bill

    More than a week after they stalled out, Congress still has not rescheduled final negotiations on the National Nuclear Security Administration’s 2019 budget, which would include funding for a new low-yield nuclear warhead. The negotiations, a bicameral conference committee of lawmakers from the House and Senate, were supposed to start July 12. They were abruptly […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Oak Ridge Congressman Says Y-12 Can Handle NNSA Tritium Mission

    WASHINGTON — The Congressman who represents the Y-12 National Security Complex is confident the weapons facility could handle the National Nuclear Security Administration’s tritium mission, should the agency eventually move the mission to Oak Ridge, Tenn. “I want NNSA [the National Nuclear Security Administration] to make the final decision, but the Oak Ridge Reservation can […]

  • International

    Putin Waves at New START Follow-Up in Helsinki Presser With Trump

    President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged the importance of nuclear arms control in a joint press conference following their one-on-one meeting in Helsinki Monday, though neither committed to an extension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Of the two heads of state, Putin came the closest to actually addressing the state […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Despite Surprise Leadership Announcement, Analysts See Positives At Northrop Grumman

    Calvin Biesecker Defense Daily Northrop Grumman made a surprise announcement last week that Chairman and CEO Wes Bush will step down from the CEO role next year and be succeeded by Kathy Warden, the company’s current president and chief operating officer, who has been groomed to take over leadership of the company. Prior to becoming […]

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