Vol. 27, No. 26 
Los Alamos wants to speed glovebox buying, widen supplier base
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Transuranic Waste
New WIPP permit prioritizes legacy waste over incoming flood from pit production
A new 10-year draft permit for the Department of Energy’s underground transuranic waste disposal site near Carlsbad, N.M., will prioritize legacy waste from cleanup activities over new waste resulting from the impending ramp-up in plutonium pit production at nearby Los Alamos National Laboratory, the New Mexico Environment Department said late Tuesday. The settlement heads off […]
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Stockpile Stewardship
NNSA plans two subcritical explosive tests at Nevada in fiscal 2024
The National Nuclear Security Administration plans to perform two subcritical explosive experiments at the Nevada National Security Site in the fiscal year that ends Oct. 1, 2024, according to Deputy Administrator for Defense Nonproliferation Corey Hinderstein. Since the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CBTB) took effect in 1992, NNSA has performed 33 subcritical experiments at the […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate committee’s defense bill in line with House committee’s; $24B for nukes
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday passed a spending bill that would give the National Nuclear Security Administration nearly $2 billion more than the $22.1 billion the White House sought and almost exactly the $24 billion the House has proposed. The bill, approved 29-0 by the committee, also includes larger-than-requested appropriations for plutonium pit factories […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Reactor supply okay ahead of Navy’s historic boat-building boom, admiral says
There should be no shortage of naval nuclear reactors when the U.S. shipbuilding industry begins churning out historic numbers of submarines before the end of the decade, the Navy’s senior submarine procurement official said Monday. Rear Adm. Scott Pappano, the Navy’s program executive officer for strategic submarines, said there are no signs that reactor demand […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap up: Sandia remote work; Pantex and Y-12 awards; bureaucratic musical chairs; ‘Barbenheimer’ and more
Sandia National Laboratories is adopting a permanent hybrid workforce, increasing the number of telecommuters and remote workers across the organization. Sandia also plans to establish several hubs around the country that eventually will allow classified work to be done at secure locations other than those in New Mexico and California. The move toward remote work […]