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Dan Leone
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Could Take Tritium Mission Away From Savannah River Site
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is considering a radical restructuring of its nuclear weapons mission at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, including moving some work to another […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Battelle Hand Set to Take Reins at Nuclear Weapons Lab in November
Thomas Mason, former director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and current Battelle vice president, will become director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory on Nov. 1, after Triad National […]
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Homeland SecurityLos Alamos Management Program Moves Ahead Without Protests
Triad National Security appears set to take over the Los Alamos National Laboratory this fall, after no one protested the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) June 8 award of its […]
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Homeland Security
Los Alamos Coalition Moves Closer to Picking New Director
A search committee for the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC) in New Mexico last week interviewed candidates to become the organization’s new executive director, and could fill the post […]
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Air ForceNNSA Conducts B61-12 Flight-Hardware Tests on B-2 Bomber
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced last week it completed a pair of flight tests on non-nuclear components of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb near the Nevada National Test […]
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Business/FinancialBWXT, Jacobs Announce Management Changes
Two major federal contractors, Virginia-based BWX Technologies [BWXT] and Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering [JEC], announced new executive appointments in the past week.Colin Jones, most recently with AECOM [ACM] is the new […]
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CongressHouse DoD Approps Bill Would Slash Pentagon Request for Interoperable Warhead
The military spending bill approved by the full House of Representatives on Thursday would sustain the press to move away from an Obama-administration proposal to build nuclear warheads usable on […]
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UncategorizedDespite Opposition to New Warhead Funding, Feinstein Signals Support for NNSA Budget Bill
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who this week voted against the Senate’s 2019 National Defense Authorization Act because it would authorize the Department of Energy to create a low-yield nuclear warhead, […]
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Homeland Security
LANL Contract Competitors Await Debrief This Week
Teams that lost the race to run the Los Alamos National Laboratory for the next 10 years are expecting a formal debriefing from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) this […]
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BudgetSenate Could Clear DoE to Start Developing New Nukes Without Congressional Clearance
The Department of Energy could be allowed to develop new nuclear warheads, or modify existing ones, without permission from Congress, after the Senate on Thursday defeated an amendment to its […]