
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 contract for the Savannah River National Laboratory, according to a draft solicitation released Thursday. The planned contract will be owned by the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM). The NNSA will pass funding through the nuclear cleanup office for ongoing tritium operations and the planned plutonium missions at…