Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationDiscussions Scheduled for This Month About Upping Weapons Tritium Output From TVA Reactors
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission planned to meet in January to discuss increasing production of tritium for nuclear weapons in civilian reactors operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, according to a […]
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Nuclear ModernizationMcConnell Gets Promotion at DoE Nuke Headquarters in Washington
James McConnell is the new No. 3 and top career civil servant at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the semi-autonomous Department of Energy nuclear-weapons agency said before New Year’s. […]
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COVID-19Nationwide 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 ModernizationTexas A&M Nuclear Prof Nominated for Top Weapons Job at DoE Headquarters
The Biden administration will nominate Texas A&M nuclear engineering professor Marvin Adams to be deputy administrator for defense programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration, the White House announced Wednesday. […]
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Business/FinancialLosing Bidders Protest Award of Decade-Long DoE Nuke-Site Management Contract
Groups led by BWX Technologies [BWXT] and Bechtel National have protested the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) decision to award management and operations of the agency’s two […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAt Least One Civilian Nuclear Contractor Suspends COVID Vaccine Mandate After Federal Judge’s Ruling
Sources said the management and operations contractor for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s two big nuclear-weapons production sites suspended its employee COVID-19 vaccine mandate this week after a federal judge […]
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F-35 Nuke Cert, GBSD Warhead Test Launch on Track, AF General Says; Announcement Coming on GBSD Rename
The Air Force’s F-35A variant should still be certified to carry a pair of B61-12 bombs by fiscal year 2026 and the first flight test of a non-nuclear W87-0 warhead […]
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PentagonVice Chairman Nominee Cites ‘Even Faster’ Joint Requirements Process, Nuke Modernization As Top Priorities
President Biden’s nominee to be the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday he plans to push new capability development “even faster” in his role leading […]
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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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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Nuke Agency Authorized for $500 Billion Extra in Compromise NDAA
A compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act, released Tuesday and awaiting votes in both chambers of Congress, would authorize funding for Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs at […]