Nuclear Weapons
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Business/FinancialHelm Change at Outgoing Prime Contractor for DoE Nuke Site
Michelle Reichert will become president of Consolidation Nuclear Security, the outgoing management and operations contractor for the Y-12 National Security Site and the Pantex Plant, next week, the Bechtel National-led […]
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Congress‘Some People’ in DoE Want to Shield NNSA Budget Negotiations From Pentagon, Inhofe Says
The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee used a Thursday nomination hearing to spotlight his opposition to House legislation that would made it harder for the Department of Energy […]
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Business/FinancialDoE Kicks Off Competition for Contract That Will Fund Nuke-Core Work for ICBMs
The Department of Energy kicked off procurement of the next Savannah River Site management and operations contract by publishing a request for information from industry about a pact that will […]
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Air ForceMinuteman III Test Launch Featured Multiple RVs, Airborne Control Center
Air Force and Navy service members aboard an airplane on Tuesday remotely launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile with three unarmed warheads from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Biz Insulates BWXT From Worst of Pandemic Ills; Partial Va. Sub Order Suits Company Fine, CEO Says
Insulated from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic by its large government contracts and a bread-and-butter nuclear Navy business that didn’t shut down in the spring, BWX Technologies [BWXT] posted […]
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Business/FinancialDraft Solicitation for New Pantex-Y-12 Contract Coming This Month, NNSA Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will continue to bundle management of the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee and the Pantex Plant in Texas in the post Consolidated Nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Budget Needs Threatening Other Defense Programs, GAO Repeats
A recent report from the Government Accountability Office covered some old ground last week: the bigger budget the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) says it needs to keep planned programs […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNo Pandemic Delay Yet for Navy, AF Nuke Refurbs, DoE Official Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) still plans to produce the first copy of a refurbished Navy submarine warhead in 2021, and the first copy of a refurbished nuclear gravity […]
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Nuclear ModernizationTurner Proposes Small Funding Boost for DoE Nuke Weapons Programs
The House Rules Committee on Monday decided not to write rules of debate for a package of spending bills that includes 2021 funding for Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs, […]
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COVID-19DoE Headquarters, Site See Jump in Confirmed COVID-19 Cases
The Department of Energy confirmed five new cases of COVID-19 among the staff of its Washington, D.C., area headquarters, including someone who was at the office recently, in a statement […]