REPORT: "U.S. Nuclear Security Agency Has 'Failed,' Says Advisory Panel"
Relax. Nothing is going to change.
This is just one report like all the others detailing the failure of the NNSA and the decline of the highly demoralized weapon labs. The path forward will continue as planned.
The TA-55 plutonium "Work Free Safety Zone" at LANL will continue. No startup anytime soon. LLNL and LANL will face further cuts in their work. The nation will not be building any new warheads and work on the previous warheads will slow down to a crawl. Bechtel profiteers and their enablers in management will continue to have free reign at the weapon labs.
Parney is right with his recent comments. The weapon research staff have become little more than 'Maytag' repairmen, sitting around with little to do. Keep wearing those shoes that GRIP and taking those endless rounds of online training. What else is there left to do? Last one to leave should remember to turn out the lights and lock the front gates.
Relax. Nothing is going to change.
This is just one report like all the others detailing the failure of the NNSA and the decline of the highly demoralized weapon labs. The path forward will continue as planned.
The TA-55 plutonium "Work Free Safety Zone" at LANL will continue. No startup anytime soon. LLNL and LANL will face further cuts in their work. The nation will not be building any new warheads and work on the previous warheads will slow down to a crawl. Bechtel profiteers and their enablers in management will continue to have free reign at the weapon labs.
Parney is right with his recent comments. The weapon research staff have become little more than 'Maytag' repairmen, sitting around with little to do. Keep wearing those shoes that GRIP and taking those endless rounds of online training. What else is there left to do? Last one to leave should remember to turn out the lights and lock the front gates.
Comments
One of the big problems in America today is that a lot of people simply do not seem to care about what they are doing anymore.
www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-30/
what-happens-when-workers-just-dont-care-anymore
There is simply NO WAY someone from the "outside" can show up in a plum management assignment and begin to tell the incumbents what we ought to be doing. No way they could make better decisions that the people who have been here 25-30 years! I'm just not seeing it.
This whole LLNS contract is nothing but pure politics! Bechtel, B&W, URS, etc. had their lobbyists lean on congress until they forced the DOE to re-bid the UC contracts. Now they have another vehicle to give their (Bechtel, URS, etc.) employees work when things aren't doing do so well out in the Real World.
All the new LLNS managers seem to care about is getting another year and maximizing their fee with the DOE. All we talk about is SSOs (or PEPs) and what we need to do to get an "Exceeds Expectations".
I am ashamed to admit it, but I cannot wait to retire in 2+ years, and I know a heck of a lot of original LLNL employees who feel exactly the same way I do!
March 31, 2014 at 4:29 PM
You were never "LLNL employees," you were UC employees. Now you are not "LLNL employees," but LLNS employees. Try to get somewhere close to reality.
Gee, that is a real great contribution. How about talking about the points the poster brought up?
You must be from the Bechtel, B&W, URS,crowd. Go back to your spreadsheets and powerpoint presentations and keep on feeling important.
If it's that bad for you, you have a duty to yourself, your family, and me to find a different job.