WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44442) entitled "Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Nuclear Weapons Activities" by Amy F. Woolf, specialist in nuclear weapons policy and research assistant Samuel D. Ryder: Summary The annual Energy and Water Development appropriations bill funds civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and sev  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44442) entitled "Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Nuclear Weapons Activities": (Continued form Part 1 of 2) Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) According to NNSA's budget documents, the Infrastructure and Operations program area "maintains, operates, and modernizes the NNSA infrastructure in a safe, secure, and cost-effective manner to support program results while maximizing return on inve  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 23 -- Battelle, a nonprofit research and development organization, issued the following news release on Dec. 22: The Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BRSA) Team was selected by the Department of Energy to manage one of the country's premier environmental, energy, and national security research facilities--the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). Employing approximately 1,000 staff, SRNL conducts research and development for diverse federal agencies, providing practi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: MEMORANDUM FOR: Christopher J. Roscetti, Technical Director FROM: J.W. Plaue and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending December 4, 2020 Radiological Laboratory Utility Office Building (RLUOB): Last Monday, Triad submitted a safety basis implementation plan to the NNSA Field Office describin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (TNSRes) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 21: The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), in close cooperation with the state of New Mexico, of plutonium-239 and americium-241 from the Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute (LBRI) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for processing and disposition on Dec.18, 2020. LBRI, for  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Dec. 22: Yesterday, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined the full Senate to pass government funding bills for Fiscal Year 2021. Udall and Heinrich secured critical investments for New Mexico and Indian Country in economic development, environmental protection and rural development. "New Mexicans and Native communities   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 23 -- The Los Alamos Study Group issued the following news release on Dec. 22: Last night Congress passed H.R. 133, a 5,593-page bill combining annual appropriations for the whole federal government, a Covid relief package, and other legislation. Division D (joint explanatory statement, including binding conditions, reports required, and appropriations tables) includes funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Overall, Congress appropriated   more