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Dan Leone
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Business/FinancialFluor Narrows 2Q Losses; 3Q Report Possible by December
Fluor Corp. [FLR], the financially troubled, Dallas-based Department of Energy contractor, continued to narrow its losses from continuing operations in the second quarter and first six months of 2020, the […]
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CongressFinal Solicitation for Y-12, Pantex Contact Drops; Senate Questions Lack of Competition for DoE, NNSA Contracts
The same day the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) requested proposals for a potentially decades-long contract to run two of its three major nuclear weapons production sites, Senate appropriators asked […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Nuke Boss Fired While on Leave; Energy Secretary Tracked Her for Months
Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette kept close tabs on then-National Nuclear Security Administration boss Lisa Gordon-Hagerty for months, sending chaperones to her meetings with Congress and monitoring her personal calendar […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Civilian Nuke Chief Quits
Lisa Gordon-Hagerty resigned as administrator of the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration after two years, eight months and 22 days as the head of the U.S. civilian nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationEx-No. 2 at DoE Nuke Agency Doesn’t Rule Out Return to Club Fed
A former number-two at the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration would not rule out a return to government service on the eve of the presidential election. “No comment,” […]
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Nuclear ModernizationOne-Quarter Continuing Resolution Fine, Full-Year Bad, DoE Nuke Procurement Honcho Says
Three months of frozen budgets is probably no big deal for the Department of Energy’s portfolio of 21st-century weapons-production construction, but a year’s worth would be bad news, a senior […]
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Nuclear ModernizationU.K. Nationalizing Operations of its Nuclear Weapons Complex
The United Kingdom is nationalizing operations of its Atomic Weapons Establishment after letting contractors run it for nearly three decades, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense said Monday. The Atomic Weapons […]
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CongressHASC Chair ‘Confident’ Biden Administration Will Consider Minimum-Deterrent Nuclear Arsenal
If Joe Biden wins the White House in the Nov. 3 election, his administration will consider backing off the U.S. nuclear buildup set in place by the Obama administration in […]
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Nuclear ModernizationRussia Drops More Arms Control Proposals; NSA O’Brien Scheduled for Nat Sec Talk Wednesday
Amid the public whipsaw of New START nuclear-arms negotiations between Washington and Moscow, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, offered to limit deployment of land-based intermediate range missiles near the European […]
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Nuclear Modernization
National Academies Panel Recommends Fixed Term for NNSA Administration, Removal of Senate Confirmation for Other Nuke Officials
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) leader should get a fixed term, senior agency managers should be exempted from Senate approval and the stockpile’s steward should strive for a closer […]