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Dan Leone
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CongressHASC Chair says defense budget increase inevitable; Minuteman II test canned
In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, now in its seventh day, the Democratic controlled House and its Armed Services Committee are certain to authorize an increase in the defense […]
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InternationalSTRATCOM commander satisfied with U.S. nuclear posture amid Russian invasion of Ukraine
Despite the Russian president’s declaration of a nuclear alert following that country’s invasion of its neighbor, Ukraine, U.S. nuclear posture had not changed as of Tuesday, the head of the […]
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Business/FinancialGovernment Review of Controversial Nuke-Sites Contract Award Suspect, Losing Bidder Says
Citing a lack of transparency on the agency’s part, a losing bidder for a major nuclear-weapon sites management contract cried foul in January when the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear […]
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Business/FinancialBWXT Reaps Higher Quarterly, Annual Revenue, Earnings
Both quarterly and annual net earnings rose at BWX Technologies [BWXT], Lynchburg, Va., the nuclear services provider said in a Tuesday press release. Net earnings for the fourth quarter ended […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAdmiral Asks, What is NNSA’s ‘Real Capacity’ for Pits and When Can Agency ‘Really’ Make Them
Depending on when the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) can “really” manufacture new plutonium pits, and depending on what “the real capacity” to make pits is, the Navy might be […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE, Other Feds Embrace Pandemic Telecommuting, With Limits
A recent Government Accountability Office report confirms what most observers already assumed — the COVID-19 pandemic prompted much of the federal workforce at the Department of Energy and elsewhere to […]
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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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NNSA 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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As DoE Nuke Agency Mulls ‘Corrective Action’ on Disputed Production Sites Deal, No Transition Announced Yet
The head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Wednesday would shed no light on the timeline for transitioning the agency’s two main weapons production sites to new management, […]