tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post8717549776353539934..comments2024-03-29T03:37:50.224-07:00Comments on LLNL - The True Story -: Is this the end of for-profit LLCs for DOE?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-87485811914044711822015-12-27T18:45:54.818-08:002015-12-27T18:45:54.818-08:00The facilities you mention don't need to be do...The facilities you mention don't need to be doing any real work. That's dangerous and can cause accidents that hurt the executive bonuses. People outside these facilities just need to think these LANL facilities are doing real work, that's all.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-8665418309288374162015-12-27T03:21:47.232-08:002015-12-27T03:21:47.232-08:00LANL does very well on the things that matter. Kee...LANL does very well on the things that matter. Keeping the minders at DOE happy does not matter. Safe, functional nukes do.<br /><br />LANL cannot survive another round of Pryzbyleks, DAgostinos and Bodmans.<br /><br />December 19, 2015 at 6:14 PM<br /><br />The fact that LANS has all of it's nuclear facilities inoperable (PF-4, WETF, RANT, WCRRF, Area G, etc.) doesn't matter?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-90168152988824460032015-12-20T11:16:11.190-08:002015-12-20T11:16:11.190-08:00Agencies LOVE the GOCO concept. They dole out the...Agencies LOVE the GOCO concept. They dole out the money as the owner and the contractor jumps to the sound of the clinking coin. This also give the agency a whipping boy to point to when things go wrong. If they directly ran the lab(s) they'd have to directly take on the responsibility/guilt when things go wrong.<br /><br />It's good to be the king, especially when there is a court jester to blame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-52219825026253279072015-12-19T18:14:24.736-08:002015-12-19T18:14:24.736-08:00A national disaster. DOE is doing irreparable dam...A national disaster. DOE is doing irreparable damage to the weapons establishment. LANL does very eell on the things thst matter. Keeping the minders at DOE happy does not matter. Safe, functional nukes do.<br /><br />LANL cannot survive another round of Pryzbyleks, DAgostinos and Bodmans. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-46985394778524482782015-12-19T12:56:39.105-08:002015-12-19T12:56:39.105-08:00Move the Labs to DOD.Move the Labs to DOD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com