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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 ModernizationNNSA Adds New No. 2 for Information Systems
Steven McAndrews is the National Nuclear Security Administration’s new deputy associate administrator for information management and deputy chief information officer, a senior agency official said. McAndrews on Monday become the […]
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UncategorizedNNSA Helo Headed to Super Bowl, With Replacement Rotary Craft on Way
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Nuclear Emergency Support team was scheduled to take one of its radiation-sniffing Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] 412 helicopters out for what figures to be one […]
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Business/FinancialDoE Nuke Agency Buying Leonardo Helicopters for Counterterrorism Office
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) counterterrorism office planned to replace its Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT]-made helicopters with a pair of Leonardo-made aircraft, according to a contract award posted online […]
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COVID-19Federal Judge Who Blocked Contractor Vax Order Ignores ‘What If’ Scenario
A U.S. district judge in Georgia, who last month blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate aimed at government contractors, declined Friday to wade into issues surrounding […]
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COVID-19U.S. Judge in Texas Rules Against Vax Mandate for Federal Employees
On Friday, a federal court in Texas temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s requirement that federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. In the decision, U.S. District Judge […]
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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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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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COVID-19For Now at Least, DoE Still Targeting Phased Onsite Return in 1 Week
For now, top management at the Department of Energy still plans a phased return to onsite work for employees and contractors starting on Jan. 18. “Per DoE’s COVID-19 Workplace Safety […]
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