Vol. 26, No. 02

Budget & Policy

Big Spike in Cases Across NNSA Enterprise During Omicron Surge; HQ Office Returns Pushed Back at DOE

With the omicron variant of COVID-19 driving a national spike in cases, the National Nuclear Security Administration reported a record number of active infections across the nuclear security enterprise on Friday. There were 1,265 active cases across the enterprise as of Friday, a spokesperson at National Nuclear Security Security (NNSA) headquarters wrote in an email. […]
  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Adams Officially Nominated for Top NNSA Weapons Post

    The White House this week officially nominated Marvin Adams to succeed Charles Verdon as the top weapons official at National Nuclear Security Administration headquarters in Washington, according to a press release. The White House sent Adams’ nomination to the Senate nearly a month after announcing its intention to make him the next deputy administrator for defense […]

  • National Laboratories

    Sandia, Too, Temporarily Drops Vax Mandate

    The Sandia National Laboratories have temporarily dropped a requirement that all employees be vaccinated against COVID-19, leaving only a pair of National Nuclear Security Administration-owned sites that require vaccination. While Sandia’s mandate is paused, “the discipline process for those employees who are unvaccinated, and processing of religious and medical accommodations are on hold,” a labs […]

  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    Extending 2021 Budgets Would Delay Flagship Air Force Nuke Programs, General Says

    Big nuclear weapons programs could be delayed if the government cannot agree on a 2022 budget and instead stretches last year’s budgets through the rest of the current fiscal year, the Air Force’s chief of staff said Wednesday in congressional testimony. Gen. C.Q. Brown, the Air Force chief of staff, said the service could lose […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Lamborn is New Top Republican on House Armed Services Panel With Nuclear Jurisdiction

    Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) is the new top Republican on the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, which writes the first drafts of policies touching on defense nuclear programs at the Department of Energy, the panel’s GOP leadership said this week. Lamborn slid into the leadership role after Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), the former strategic […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    DOE Doles Out Uranium Supply, Disposal Contracts to SHINE for Mo-99 Production

    SHINE Technologies, Janesville, Wis., signed contracts with the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management to support the company’s initiative to domestically manufacture a medical isotope without highly enriched uranium, according to a DOE press release. In an email this week, a spokesperson for SHINE said the grant the […]

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    Final DOE Spent Fuel Railcar Off to Colorado for Testing

    The last railcar in a proposed spent nuclear fuel rail transport system is en route to Colorado this week for testing, the Department of Energy said in a press release. The Rail Escort Vehicle (REV) will undergo multiple-car testing at a site near Pueblo, Colo., DOE said in its Monday statement. The railcar is set to […]

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