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Nuclear ModernizationJudge Blocks Contractor Mandate; Most DoE Site Contracts Already Contain Mandate
A federal judge in Georgia blocked the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for contractors on Tuesday, almost exactly three months after Biden issued an executive order requiring shots for workers […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Nuke Agency Authorized for $500 Billion Extra in Compromise NDAA
A compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act, released Tuesday and awaiting votes in both chambers of Congress, would authorize funding for Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs at […]
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COVID-19
DoE Staff Could Return On-Site by Mid-February, Re-entry Memo Says
Two years into the pandemic, the Department of Energy could see most of its federal employees return to their pre-COVID-19 work locations by mid-February, according to a Friday email message […]
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COVID-19Federal Judge Refuses to Block Vaccine Mandate at DoE Nuclear Site
A federal district judge in South Carolina refused late Friday to issue a preliminary injunction blocking the COVID-19 vaccination mandate by the prime contractor at the Department of Energy’s Savannah […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Finishes First B61-12 Gravity Bomb
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Thursday it put together the first war-ready B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb on Nov. 23, paving the way to create an estimated 480 of […]
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Business/FinancialFluor Announces Subcontractors for New Nuke Site Contract with DoE
After senior and junior partners Fluor [FLR] and Amentum, the new prime contractor for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) main weapons production sites, also includes Criterion Systems, General Atomics, […]
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COVID-19
DoE Nuclear Site Forced Out 2 Vaccine Refusers, Employees Say in Anti-Mandate Lawsuit
In a revised complaint that they hope will convince a federal judge to block expected firings arising from a COVID vaccine mandate at the Savannah River Site, employees who have […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Fluor-led Team Wins Long-Term Contract to Manage Civilian Nuclear Weapon Sites
A team led by Fluor [FLR] won the potentially 10-year, $28-billion contract to manage the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) two big nuclear-weapon production facilities in Tennessee and Texas. The […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Agency Opens Small Factory for Nuke Parts
About 100 people are already working at a new Kansas City National Security Campus satellite facility that opened in October just down the road from the National Nuclear Security Administration’s […]
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Business/FinancialJacobs Earnings About Flat for Year, but Profitability Rises for Continuing Operations
Profits at Jacobs Engineering, Dallas, fell 3% for the fiscal year ended Oct. 1 as revenue rose by proportionally the same amount, the company said Tuesday morning in its latest […]
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