CNS at Y-12 incorrectly ships 10x quantity of HEU

CNS at Y-12 incorrectly ships 10x quantity of HEU. Bechtel displays its management prowess again.

http://knoxblogs.com/atomiccity/2015/10/20/y-12-shipped-10-times-too-much-u-235-contractor-fined-33620-for-dot-violations/

Interracial question

Are race X step children, entitled to race Y affirmative action hiring goals, retention goals, or promotional goals at LANSLLNS, if they are legally adopted by a step parent or step parents of race Y? Example: Is a white male step child eligible for the specific affirmative action goals of their hispanic or black step parents?

Question for LLNS

I retired from LLNL during the transition to LLNS. I was unable to attend one of their retiree open enrollment presentations since I no longer live in California. All LLNL retirees, not enrolled with Kaiser Permanente, have had to confront ever increasing medical costs managed by the Empyrean-Lawrence Livermore Customer Care Center; so this week I called them to request a ruling on the following:

1. Medical plan cost for me, wife, and grandson = $1,584.00 per month (for 2016). 
2. I am a decorated Vietnam-era veteran eligible for VA Medical.
3. I would like to use my VA Benefits to reduce my retiree medical plan costs; keeping only my wife and grandson in the LLNS medical benefit plan and hoping to significantly reduce my monthly retiree medical plan cost.
4. LLNS/Empyrean stated that this was not possible under the present rules associated with the LLNS medical retiree plan.
5. LLNS/Empyrean will not allow me an opportunity to reduce my retiree medical benefit cost.

My question is why would this option be a problem for LLNS? 

Putting A Lid On Nuclear Waste

Letter in Chemical & Engineering News Magazine blames Sandia for nuclear constipation. The lab, partnered with the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), is close to finalizing action on Sandia’s Mixed Waste Landfill dump. For 30 years, Sandia haphazardly dumped toxic (mercury, sodium, volatile organic compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls, etc.) and radioactive materials (remnants of Sandia reactor experiments plus lots of imported waste) in unlined pits.

http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/i37/Putting-Lid-Nuclear-Waste.html

How is NIF?

How is the current LLNL/NIF work culture and management?

Ray Juzaitis resigns

Ray Juzaitis resigns from NsTec. Who's next?

Famous astronomer resigns over sexual harassment at UC Berkeley:

Famous astronomer resigns over sexual harassment at UC Berkeley:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/science/geoffrey-marcy-to-resign-from-berkeley-astronomy-department.html?_r=0
Evidently Berkeley didn't have a staff relations like LLNL to take care of the accusers.