National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

A recently released report from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Inspector General (IG) identifies seven significant management challenges facing the agency in fiscal 2017. They are: financial assistance and contract management; cybersecurity; environmental cleanup; nuclear waste disposal; safeguards and security; stockpile stewardship; and infrastructure modernization. All but one of these categories were previously identified […]

South Carolina wants a U.S. District Court judge to reconsider her recent opinion that she has no jurisdiction to rule on the $100 million the state is seeking in its lawsuit over disposition of DOE plutonium stored at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. State Attorney General Alan Wilson sued the Energy Department, Energy Secretary Ernest […]

U.S. lawmakers, Obama administration officials, and international organization leaders made the case this week that the United States would reap benefits for its national security if it ratifies the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The National Nuclear Security Administration and the State Department hosted an event on Capitol Hill on scientific innovation in nuclear […]

The nearly comprehensive global moratoria on nuclear explosive testing will remain fragile in the absence of a legally binding prohibition on such activities, Lassina Zerbo, executive secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), warned this week during a trip to Washington, D.C. “If there is no entry into […]

U.S. lawmakers, Obama administration officials, and international organization leaders made the case Wednesday that the United States would reap technical benefits for its national security if it ratifies the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The National Nuclear Security Administration and the State Department hosted an event on Capitol Hill on scientific innovation in nuclear […]

The conference report for the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2017, released Wednesday, would allow $13.1 billion in funding for the Energy Department’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration. That amount is roughly the midpoint of the $13.3 billion authorized under the House version of the bill and the $12.9 billion included in the Senate’s original […]

The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration has received the implementation plan for extending the service lives of two decades-old materials processing buildings at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee, an agency spokesman said this week. The Extended Life Program implementation plan for the nuclear-weapon site’s Buildings 9215 and 9204-2E is considered a controlled document […]

South Carolina wants a U.S. District Court judge to reconsider her recent opinion that she has no jurisdiction to rule on the $100 million the state is seeking in its lawsuit over disposition of DOE plutonium stored at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. State Attorney General Alan Wilson sued the Energy Department, Energy Secretary […]

BWX Technologies, a top contractor in the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup and security operations, said Tuesday it is promoting its chief operating officer to the position of president and CEO. Rex Geveden will take the job, along with a position on the BWXT Board of Directors, on Jan. 1 of next year. He will take […]

Lawmakers completed conference of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill and they hope to schedule votes as early as Friday, according to senior aides from the House and Senate Armed Services committees. Senior aides told reporters Tuesday they are in process of gathering signatures for the conference report and hope to have the text […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) anticipates awarding a contract extension to Centerra Group for security protective force services at the Nevada National Security Site, according to a special notice posted Nov. 23. The notice said the NNSA expects to award a modification around Dec. 31, 2016, the date that Centerra’s current contract is set […]

Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS), the management and operating contractor for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12 National Security Complex and the Pantex Plant, said Tuesday it surpassed its small business contracting goals for fiscal year 2016. CNS awarded more than $276 million to small businesses across its two sites, 67 percent of all the funding […]

Members of Congress have sent a letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) asking that Congress stay in session for the year until it passes the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In a Nov. 21 letter, 21 members of Congress, including Reps. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), and Randy Forbes […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Office of Nuclear Weapons Stockpile will extend for one month its contract with TechSource Inc. for technical and analytical support services, according to a notice posted this week. The modification extends the current task order from Nov. 12, 2016, to Dec. 11, 2016, adding $41,352.34 to the current ceiling […]

The Department of Energy (DOE) and its semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) lack program management policies that address federal internal control standards for managers, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report released Monday. “A policy incorporating key internal control standards and leading program management practices may help ensure that DOE and NNSA […]

A new report from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Inspector General (IG) identifies seven significant management challenges facing the agency in fiscal 2017. They are: financial assistance and contract management; cybersecurity; environmental cleanup; nuclear waste disposal; safeguards and security; stockpile stewardship; and infrastructure modernization. All but one of these categories were previously identified as […]

Advocates for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina hope President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming term will put to rest attempts to shut down the troubled project. The MFFF would be used to honor a 2000 bilateral agreement that requires the U.S. and Russia to each dispose of 34 […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will within the next 13 days release a request for proposals for protective force services at the Nevada National Security Site, according to a special notice posted Wednesday. The sources sought solicitation said the semiautonomous Department of Energy agency is seeking a contractor for work to be performed at the […]

Pat Host Defense Daily House and Senate conferees working on the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill have not reached a deal to move forward while Republican lawmakers decided to pursue a continuing resolution (CR) instead of passing a spending bill during the lame duck session. House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Ranking Member Adam Smith […]

Federal agencies including the Energy Department will remain funded at fiscal 2016 levels through at least the first two months of President-elect Donald Trump’s term, Republican congressional leaders decided this week. “To this end, my Committee will begin working immediately on a Continuing Resolution (CR) at the current rate of funding to extend the operations […]

Calvin Biesecker Defense Daily With efficiencies in mind, Boeing on Tuesday said it will consolidate its defense operations over the next four years and create a new international group to put more emphasis on its growing worldwide military sales. A spokesman for Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security segment told Defense Daily that any cost savings and potential charges associated […]

The 30th session of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty’s Special Verification Commission took place this week in Geneva, Switzerland, according to the U.S. State Department. The meeting, which had not been held since 2003, involved delegations from the United States, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine discussing “questions relating to compliance with the obligations assumed […]

Advocates for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina hope President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming term will put to rest attempts to shut down the troubled project. The MFFF would be used to honor a 2000 bilateral agreement that requires the U.S. and Russia to each dispose of 34 […]

A group of experts and policy makers on Wednesday urged the incoming Donald Trump administration to make cuts to the U.S. nuclear arsenal and modernization program, along with adopting several nuclear policy changes. All the proposals are outlined in a new Ploughshares Fund report, 10 Big Nuclear Ideas for the Next President. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Rep. Adam Smith […]

Former University of California executive and Department of Energy national lab hand Glenn Mara has joined the strategic advisory board of Las Vegas-based nuclear-cleanup consulting specialists Longenecker & Associates. From 2009 to 2016, Mara was associate vice president for laboratory programs at the University of California Office of the President. In that job he led the university’s oversight […]