Vol. 25, No. 19 
With Weeks Before Scheduled Contract Transition, No NNSA Discussion With Bidders for New Y-12, Pantex Pact
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Non-Proliferation
Biden Nuclear Posture Review Starting ‘Soon,’ Running Into ‘Fall,’ DOD Official Tells Senators
The Joe Biden administration will start its nuclear posture review soon and work on it into the fall, there’s no new Minuteman III life-extension study at the Pentagon and bad welds on some missile tubes won’t delay delivery of the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, witnesses testified late Wednesday before a Senate Armed Services panel. […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus Shows Quarterly Loss After Preferred Share Swap but Revenues Rise
A swap of common shares for preferred shares led to a $2.2-million first-quarter loss for Centrus Energy Corp.’s common shareholders, as revenue rose across the board, the Bethesda, Md.-based nuclear fuel reseller and enrichment technology developer wrote in its latest quarterly earnings report. Centrus’ net income was $5.1 million for the three months ended March […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
As CDC Declares Masks Off for the Vaccinated, Inoculations Across NNSA Enterprise Rise
In a week where the federal government said people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely return to some forms of maskless, pre-pandemic socializing, active cases of the viral disease fell across the National Nuclear Security Administration complex as vaccinations rose. The agency reported 138 active cases of COVID-19 among its civilians and contractors on Friday, […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE Picking Up Another 4-Month Option With Centerra at Savannah River
The Department of Energy is picking up its option to keep Centerra Group on through at least Oct. 7 as provider of security at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina while the agency continues to review a 10-year, $1-billion follow-on contract awarded in February to Securitas CIS. A DOE spokesperson said in an email late last […]
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Budget & Policy
Early Voting Underway in New Mexico Special Election for Congressional Seat
Early in-person voting started last week and runs through May 29, for the June 1 special election in New Mexico’s Congressional District 1, which is home to the Sandia National Laboratories. The seat was vacated by Rep. Debra Haaland (D), she was confirmed as the Joe Biden administration’s secretary of interior on March 16. The special election […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Alleged Sandia Swindler Faces 30-Year Max for Abusing Company Credit Card
Ex-Sandia National Laboratories employee Joshua Cordova has pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud and now awaits a sentencing in the U.S. District Court for New Mexico after allegedly ripping off the government for somewhere between $75,000 and $140,000, according to a plea agreement filed last week. Cordova, who helped train military, law-enforcement and emergency […]