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Dan Leone
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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 […]
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COVID-19COVID-19 Cases At NNSA Up By 26 As Y-12 Worker Dies
An employee at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee died last week from COVID-19, as confirmed cases of the disease across the Department of Energy’s active nulcear-weapons complex again […]
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COVID-19DoE Headquarters Not Going Back to Normal Anytime Soon
With COVID-19 cases on the rise nationwide and Washington, D.C.-area school systems wondering whether they’ll reopen for in-person classes in the fall, the Department of Energy will no longer require […]
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CongressMost Big DoD Nuke Programs Get Requested 2021 Budget, or Close, From House Appropriators
The Department of Defense would get close to its requested funding for most strategic nuclear weapons programs, under a 2021 spending bill approved on a party-line vote Tuesday by the […]
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CongressChair of House Energy Committee Rips ‘Rogue’ DoE Nuclear Weapons Agency
The Secretary of Energy should get more control over the agency’s nuclear weapons programs, not less, the head of the House committee that makes policy for the department’s non-nuclear-weapons programs […]
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COVID-19No Missed Milestones During COVID Pandemic, NNSA Boss Says Again
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has not missed a single milestone in the six months since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded on U.S. shores and four months […]
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CongressHouse Spending Bill Would Blank W93 Warhead, Continue Plutonium Pit Investment
A 2021 spending bill passed on Monday on a party line vote by the House Appropriations Committee would prohibit development of a proposed new nuclear warhead for the Navy while […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDirector of California Nuke Lab Retiring
William Goldstein confirmed Tuesday he will retire as director of the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, as soon as the nation’s second nuclear-design facility finishes the potentially lengthy […]
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COVID-19Three Main DoE Nuke Production Sites Closer to Normal Ops Amid COVID-19 Surge
The Department of Energy’s three major production sites have returned to normal operations with maximum telework even as cases of COVID-19 rise again around the nation. This means many support […]
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CongressNo Big Raise for DoE Nukes In House Panel’s ’21 Spending Bill
A House appropriations panel on Monday followed through with its promise not to grant a $3-plus-billion budget request for civilian nuclear weapons programs as part of a 2021 spending bill […]