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COVID-19Centrus Centrifuges Among First Projected DoE Work Delays Due to COVID-19
Nearly a month after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, production of Centrus Energy Corp.’s new all-domestic enrichment cascade in Ohio is one of the first projects for the Department […]
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COVID-19Kansas City is Latest NNSA Facility to Expand Telework, Limit On-Site Personnel
The Kansas City National Security Campus is moving some of its workforce off-site to help cope with COVID-19, making it the latest Department of Energy civilian nuclear weapons site to […]
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COVID-19Worker at DoE Nuke Production Site Has COVID-19
COVID-19 has hit the nuclear weapons production complex, with one employee at the Y-12 National Security Campus testing positive for the disease, a spokesperson for site’s management and operations contract […]
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COVID-19DoE Nuke Site Has Positive COVID-19 Case; Agency Tracking Disease-related Expenses; Mo. Weapons Factory Exempted From Lockdown
The Savannah River Site will shift to minimum mission essential operations after an employee at the DoE nuclear weapons and cleanup site tested positive for COVID-19, the agency said Monday. […]
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COVID-19Savannah River Nuke Site Ramps Up Emergency Response Team for COVID-19
The Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina is activating its Infectious Disease Response Team to help navigate the COVID-19 crisis, the nuclear weapons and nuclear cleanup site […]
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COVID-19DoE Would Get $28 Million for Telework Aid in Second Emergency COVID-19 Bill
As part of a much larger spending request, the White House has requested $28 million in emergency 2020 funding to help the Department of Energy telework during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
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COVID-19At Nuke Production Sites, Full Steam Ahead — With Precautions — Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
As the nuclear weapons laboratories begin, or continue, mass teleworking amid the COVID-19 pandemic, production sites with work already in the pipeline are still chugging along at about full staff […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNo COVID-19 Cases at STRATCOM, Yet; No Disruption to Weapons Exchanges With Civilian Nuke Agency
There are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 among U.S. nuclear forces, and fewer than 50 people supporting the interservice group are self-quarantining because of possible exposure during the global pandemic, […]
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Livermore Moving to Minimum Safe Operations as Surrounding County Locks Down to Combat COVID-19
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California is transitioning to minimum-safe operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a move that by next Monday will sharply shrink staffing levels and […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUranium Modernization Costs at $7.4 Billion Through 2026; Little Progress on New Refining Tech, GAO Says
On top of the $6.5 billion required to build the Uranium Processing Facility in 2026, the National Nuclear Security Administration will have to spend nearly $1 billion by that year […]