Sandia downhill

Speaking of LANL directors having gone downhill, Sandia's went downhill in a big way with the new director Jill Hruby. They covered up the fact that she doesn't even have a PhD by using her gender and shoving that in everybody's face. If you said you thought she is a bozo unfit to run a Natl lab, they'll just call you a sexist.

I had to GTFO after her appointment, having realized the UNM and non-PhD crowd had completely taken over the place finally.

Sandia home page

Is this statement from the Sandia home page still correct?

'Sandia National Laboratories is operated and managed by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation.'

In view of what happened with the NNSS contract it might be prudent for Sandia to issue a release for the record.

Nuclear accident in New Mexico ranks among the costliest in U.S. history

Nuclear accident in New Mexico ranks among the costliest in U.S. history




When a drum containing radioactive waste blew up in an underground nuclear dump in New Mexico two years ago, the Energy Department rushed to quell concerns in the Carlsbad desert community and quickly reported progress on resuming operations.

The early federal statements gave no hint that the blast had caused massive long-term damage to the dump, a facility crucial to the nuclear weapons cleanup program that spans the nation, or that it would jeopardize the Energy Department’s credibility in dealing with the tricky problem of radioactive waste.

But the explosion ranks among the costliest nuclear accidents in U.S. history, according to a Times analysis. The long-term cost of the mishap could top $2 billion, an amount roughly in the range of the cleanup after the 1979 partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.

from LA Times
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-88147659/

The suits are already piling up

The suits are already piling up and the courts have not yet ruled on Liedos NNSS protest. Looks like the contract losers from NSTec have turned the lawyers loose on the NNSA.


http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2016/09/21/contractor-teams-seek-to-challenge-leidos-nuclear.html

Hanford whistleblowers

Hanford whistleblowers awarded $216,000 in back pay, compensation"

"...trial judge characterized some of CSC's arguments as "astonishing display of chutzpah""

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article102764252.html

Why Are More Cleared Candidates Job Hopping?

https://news.clearancejobs.com/2016/09/08/cleared-candidates-job-hopping/?utm_campaign=Defense+Industry+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=34332969&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8g813hybHLU5fYmx2VXHs1_IpoRN7Y2YlmuVdOdK-kEa1aBZFwdrmH2FIHRU1UjCYwdJpl5SIPvjfhBw3gXjYtHPXAC5gU1pV8FOjspmmhEXPJ4Ew&_hsmi=34332442

GAO report

NNSA should Evaluate the Role of the Enhanced Surveillance Program in Assessing the Condition of the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile

Another typical GAO report on NNSA, indicating that the 2007 plan is to be updated by 2017...


http://gao.gov/products/GAO-16-549?source=ra