Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear ModernizationLawyers Drop Plaintiffs Who Sued CNS Over Allegedly Lost Wages; Cite Conflict
Three employees who claim Consolidated Nuclear Security illegally withheld more than $10 million in wages from a big group of employees need new lawyers after their attorneys quit last week, […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFleischmann To Lead DOE Appropriations Subcommittee
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) will chair the appropriations subcommittee that writes the first draft of the Department of Energy’s annual spending bill, the full committee confirmed Monday. Fleischmann takes the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Has No Reliable Schedule, Cost Estimates For Pits, GAO Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) planned to have a detailed cost and schedule estimate for producing new nuclear weapon cores for the first time since the Cold War by […]
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Nuclear ModernizationPermanent Leadership For New NNSA Headquarters Offices to Be Set by October, Agency Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plans by Oct. 31 to have permanent leadership for the three new procurement- and infrastructure-focused offices it created last year when it broke up […]
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CongressCompromise NDAA Ratchets Up Authorized Budget For DoE Nuclear Weapons; Allows Retirement of Some Bombs
A compromise National Defense Authorization Act released late Tuesday would authorize the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to spend some $880 million more than requested, more than the House or […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLANL Prime Is Latest To Have Entire Option Package Picked Up By NNSA; On Through November 2028
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) extended Los Alamos National Laboratory management and operations contractor Triad National Security for five more years, through Nov. 1, 2028, the agency said Tuesday. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Nuclear Weapons Agency Moving Away From One-Year Options On Major Site Contracts
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is poised to move beyond what its administrator recently characterized as an outmoded system of requiring the contractors who manage major nuclear-weapon sites to […]
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Nuclear ModernizationPerfect Storm of Labor, Material, Pandemic Drove Delays to Uranium Processing Facility NNSA Administrator Says
Materials shortages and labor productivity drove a two-year delay to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) next factory for nuclear-weapon secondary stages, the head of agency said Thursday. As a […]
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COVID-19Masks Back Off at Los Alamos as COVID Transmission Rates Drop
The Los Alamos National Laboratory’s latest mask mandate lasted only three days, after which COVID-19 community transmission rates dropped below high, according to a lab memo. The New Mexico nuclear […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Masks Back on at Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Los Alamos National Laboratory again ordered employees and visitors to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 after transmission rates in the area rose, according to an internal […]