Nuclear Stockpile
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Business/FinancialAnnual DoE Report Cards for Nuke Site Contractors Detail Delays, Accomplishments COVID Pressure Nationwide
Below is a digest of the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) performance evaluation summaries: the agency’s report cards for its big contracts, which explain how much management […]
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Business/FinancialNNSA Planned to Extend Management Contract at Nuke Production Sites Amid Controversy About Follow-On Award
With transition to a follow-on contract derailed for now, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) planned to extend the existing site-management contract for two of its main […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCOVID Caused Post-Vaccine Attrition at Sandia Procurement Shop; Materials Shortages Stretch Construction Schedules
COVID related supply chain disruptions and pandemic-driven changes in workforce behavior has stressed an already lean procurement staff at the Sandia National Laboratories, which like the rest of the civilian […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUranium Recovery Furnaces Set to Fire Up in 2029; Stopgap Expected to Operate This Year
Bottom-loading furnaces at the Y-12 National Security Complex, encased in a glovebox and designed to recover usable uranium scraps, will be ready for operations by late 2029, with a stop-gap […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSearch is On, but No Contract Imminent for New High Explosives Supplier
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) took a step toward forging another link in the nuclear-weapon supply chain of the 21st century late last year when it sought industry input […]
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COVID-19
Telework Still Widely Utilized at Some Civilian Nuclear Weapon Sites
After the omicron variant of COVID-19 delayed plans to return many workers to their offices, telework remained allowable and well-utilized for eligible employees across the civilian nuclear weapons complex last […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCivilian Reactors to Shoulder Bigger Loads of Nuclear Weapons Program
Civilian reactors in Tennessee notionally will sharply increase their output of tritium for U.S. nuclear weapons by the fall of 2024 to help the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) produce […]
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Business/Financial
Protests of Big NNSA Production Sites Contract Dismissed as Agency Plans ‘Corrective Action’
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plans to address a perceived conflict of interest, raised by a Bechtel National-led team, about the agency’s November award of a potentially decade-long sites-management […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Adams Officially Nominated for Top NNSA Weapons Post
The White House on Tuesday officially nominated Marvin Adams to succeed Charles Verdon as the top weapons official at National Nuclear Security Administration headquarters in Washington, according to an evening […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Discussions Scheduled for This Month About Upping Weapons Tritium Output From TVA Reactors
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission planned to meet in January to discuss increasing production of tritium for nuclear weapons in civilian reactors operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, according to a […]