COVID-19
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COVID-19
Nuclear Weapons Engineering Lab Temporarily Drops Vax Mandate
The Sandia National Laboratories have temporarily dropped a requirement that all employees be vaccinated against COVID-19, leaving only a pair of National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)-owned sites that require vaccination. […]
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LANL Vax Mandate One of Three Remaining at Major NNSA Sites
Three of the four major National Nuclear Security Administration nuclear-weapon sites still have active COVID-19 vaccine mandates in spite of a federal judge’s December order that barred enforcement of the […]
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COVID-19
Livermore Lab Suspends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate, Joining Majority of NNSA Sites That Disclose Their Policies
Nuclear weapons design lab Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the design agency for programs to modernize warheads for next-generation cruise missiles and intercontinental ballistic missiles, paused enforcement of its COVID-19 […]
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COVID-19
Nationwide Contractor Mandate Does Not Apply to DoE Nuke Site Operator, Company Says
A nationwide injunction against contractor vaccine mandates should not apply to the management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, the Fluor [FLR]-led team said in […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Judge Blocks Contractor Mandate; Most DoE Site Contracts Already Contain Mandate
A federal judge in Georgia blocked the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for contractors on Tuesday, almost exactly three months after Biden issued an executive order requiring shots for workers […]
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DoE Staff Could Return On-Site by Mid-February, Re-entry Memo Says
Two years into the pandemic, the Department of Energy could see most of its federal employees return to their pre-COVID-19 work locations by mid-February, according to a Friday email message […]
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COVID-19
Federal Judge Refuses to Block Vaccine Mandate at DoE Nuclear Site
A federal district judge in South Carolina refused late Friday to issue a preliminary injunction blocking the COVID-19 vaccination mandate by the prime contractor at the Department of Energy’s Savannah […]
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COVID-19
DoE Nuclear Site Forced Out 2 Vaccine Refusers, Employees Say in Anti-Mandate Lawsuit
In a revised complaint that they hope will convince a federal judge to block expected firings arising from a COVID vaccine mandate at the Savannah River Site, employees who have […]
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Congress
Cornyn, Hassan Introduce Defense Supply Chain Bill
Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) on Monday introduced a bill aimed at strengthening the U.S. defense supply chain by requiring the Defense Department to maintain close tabs […]
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Business/Financial
Laying Off Unvaccinated Employees Could Take ‘Months,’ Krone Says
If the federal government sticks to a pending mandate that almost all employees of federal contractors must be vaccinated against COVID-19, it could still take “months” to layoff unvaccinated employees, […]
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