Nuclear Modernization
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COVID-19DoE Nuke Agency Puts CARES Act Relief Language Into Prime Contracts
Not much sooner than Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette provided the guidance for doing so, the agency’s semi-autonomous nuclear-weapons agency added language to prime contracts enabling operators of nuclear weapons sites […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAir Force Selects Raytheon to Build Next-Gen Nuclear Weapon
The Air Force plans to continue building its next nuclear cruise missile, the Long-Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO), with Raytheon [RTN] as the sole-source contractor according to an April 17 release, […]
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Nuclear ModernizationRoper: GBSD Award Could Come Sooner Than Predicted
The Air Force expects to award a contract for its next generation intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) on schedule, if not earlier, Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Will Roper […]
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COVID-19Los Alamos, Livermore Eye Ramp-Up From COVID-19 Lockdowns
With the United States probing the possibility of thawing the social freeze from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories plan to start […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuclear Fuel Services Reports COVID-19 Cases
Nuclear Fuel Services has a multiple cases of COVID-19 among its workforce, the BWX Technologies [BWXT] subsidiary and defense-uranium contractor said Tuesday. The Erwin, Tenn., company — a key contractor […]
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COVID-19One Nuke Lab Starts Self-Testing Workers; Another Could Follow This Week
The Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories started offering limited COVID-19 tests for its employees last week, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory could start testing this week, according to a […]
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COVID-19DoE Headquarters COVID-19 Cases Rise to Eight
The Department of Energy on Friday reported three more cases of COVID-19 among its workforce in the Washington capital region, including the first confirmed case at the agency’s Germantown, Md., […]
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COVID-19NNSA Production Sites Hunker Down Amid COVID-19 Crisis; No Workforce-wide Testing
All but one of the main Department of Energy nuclear weapons production sites have now hunkered down into minimum mission-critical operations because of COVID-19, keeping only the personnel needed to […]
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Business/FinancialSouth Carolina Nuke Weapons Work Moving to New Contract
In an arrangement similar to the status quo, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will fund its nuclear weapons work in South Carolina through a potentially decade-long management and operations […]
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COVID-19
Energy Dept. HQ Employee Dies of COVID-19
A employee at Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, D.C., has died from COVID-19, Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette said Tuesday. News of the he death, the first confirmed COVID-19 […]