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Dan Leone
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Nuclear ModernizationFederal Safety Board Details Fears of Lost Access at Nuclear Weapons Sites
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) is not convinced, despite statements from the deputy secretary of energy here in an open hearing Tuesday, that the Department of Energy intends to […]
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Nuclear Modernization
NNSA, TVA Forge New Interagency Agreement on Uranium for Tritium Production
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Thursday announced a new interagency agreement to continue providing the federally owned Tennessee Valley Authority with low-enriched uranium that makes it possible to […]
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Nuclear Modernization
New LANL Manager Should Pay Gross Receipts Tax, NM Tax Agency Says
Incoming Los Alamos National Laboratory manager Triad National Security will indeed have to pay a state gross receipts tax of just over 7 percent, a spokesperson for the New Mexico […]
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UncategorizedNext-gen Nuke Missiles Sail Through Senate
The Senate on Thursday approved a 2019 Pentagon spending bill that provided a small boost for development of a next-generation, nuclear-tipped air-launched cruise missile, and met the White House’s funding […]
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UncategorizedNNSA Takeover of Savannah River Would Be ‘Logical,’ Eventually, DoE Official Says
It would be “logical” for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to take over as landlord of the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., “at some point,” the site’s top […]
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Nuclear Modernization
DNFSB Member Connery Slams Reorg
The lone member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) to oppose its recently announced reorganization slammed the plan in comments made public this week. In a record of […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Department of Energy Releases Draft Solicitation for New Savannah River Site Contract, Including Nuke Weapons Work
The Department of Energy on Tuesday released a draft solicitation for a Savannah River Site management and operations contract that could be worth nearly $15 billion over 10 years, including […]
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Nuclear ModernizationActing DNFSB Chair Anticipates No Layoffs In Impending Board Reorganization
Restructuring the independent federal agency charged with health and safety oversight at Department of Energy nuclear-weapon and cleanup sites will not involve layoffs, according to the head of the Defense […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Former Air Force Colonel Takes Charge of Honeywell’s NNSA Work
An internal reorganization at Honeywell [HON] Aerospace has put the company’s work on four management and operations contracts with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under the management of single retired […]
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DoE Inches Closer to Warhead-Core Production in NM After Finishing Environmental Review
To support a manufacturing effort crucial to future U.S. nuclear arms-modernization programs, the Department of Energy still plans to drastically increase the amount of plutonium permitted inside a building at the […]