Acting NNSA head says unfired employees have been contacted, returned to work

WASHINGTON — Teresa Robbins, acting administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, told the Exchange Monitor Tuesday that everyone whose firing was rescinded at the agency was successfully contacted and has returned to work.

Robbins spoke to the Monitor on the sidelines of a panel on Capitol Hill hosted by Washington forum Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance and the congressional nuclear security working group chaired by Reps. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) and Bill Foster (D-Ill.).

When asked if there would be a second round of firings or what was next regarding the workforce, Robbins said she had no further information. “It seems we find out when everyone else does,” she added.

Robbins also said she has not met Brandon Williams, President Donald Trump and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright’s pick to run the National Nuclear Security Administration. But “I look forward to meeting him someday.”