Nuclear Modernization
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CongressCompromise NDAA Ratchets Up Authorized Budget For DoE Nuclear Weapons; Allows Retirement of Some Bombs
A compromise National Defense Authorization Act released late Tuesday would authorize the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to spend some $880 million more than requested, more than the House or […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLANL Prime Is Latest To Have Entire Option Package Picked Up By NNSA; On Through November 2028
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) extended Los Alamos National Laboratory management and operations contractor Triad National Security for five more years, through Nov. 1, 2028, the agency said Tuesday. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Nuclear Weapons Agency Moving Away From One-Year Options On Major Site Contracts
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is poised to move beyond what its administrator recently characterized as an outmoded system of requiring the contractors who manage major nuclear-weapon sites to […]
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Nuclear ModernizationPerfect Storm of Labor, Material, Pandemic Drove Delays to Uranium Processing Facility NNSA Administrator Says
Materials shortages and labor productivity drove a two-year delay to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) next factory for nuclear-weapon secondary stages, the head of agency said Thursday. As a […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNaval Reactors Official Moves to Nuclear-Weapons Cleanup Role
Jeff Avery, a longtime manager with the Office of Naval Reactors, has been selected as the new second-in-command at the Department of Energy’s $7.8-billion Office of Environmental Management. Avery, current […]
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Nuclear ModernizationGecko Robotics Announces Air Force Contract to Aid in Conversion to Sentinel
Pittsburgh’s Gecko Robotics said on Nov. 29 that the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center has awarded the company an 18-month, $1.5 million Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Masks Back on at Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Los Alamos National Laboratory again ordered employees and visitors to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 after transmission rates in the area rose, according to an internal […]
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COVID-19
Court Won’t Intervene to Help Los Alamos COVID Objectors in Arbitration at Lab
People placed on leave from the Los Alamos National Laboratory for refusing a COVID-19 vaccinations will get no help from the courts in ongoing arbitration proceedings with the lab, a […]
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Nuclear ModernizationTriad Needs All Three Legs ‘At Least In This Current Moment,’ Pentagon Official Says
The Biden Administration will maintain all three legs of the U.S. nuclear triad, which need to be modernized to remain relevant, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday. “At least in […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCD-2 For Savannah River Pits Expected in Fiscal 2025
Critical-decision 2 for a new plutonium pit production plant at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina is now expected in fiscal 2025, a state panel heard […]
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