Vol. 4, No. 204

Budget & Policy

Proposals to Fund Low-Yield Warhead, Ban New Missile, Fail on House Floor

The House of Representatives late Tuesday struck down amendments to a multi-agency appropriations bill for fiscal 2020 would have wiped out a next-generation cruise missile and permitted the Navy to deploy a low-yield, nuclear-tipped ballistic missile. An amendment… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Ohio Senators Commit to Solution for Portsmouth-Area Contamination

    Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said this week he has been unable to persuade the White House to take a direct interest in addressing findings of off-site radiological contamination near the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth cleanup project in his state. “I’ve… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • International

    Global Nuke Count Declined to 13,865 in 2018, Says Swedish Arms-Control Advocate

    Nuclear forces worldwide in 2018 declined by roughly 4% over the course of the year or by 600 weapons, to 13,865, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in its latest annual yearbook on nuclear weapons. The U.S. and Russia, which have more… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • Budget & Policy

    New Mexico Senators Aim to Protect DNFSB Through Defense Bill Amendments

    The U.S. senators from New Mexico have proposed three amendments to a draft defense policy bill aimed at ensuring the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) can carry out its full health and safety mission. The amendments from Sens. Tom Udall and Martin… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    LATA-Atkins Gets Y-12 Waste Subcontract

    LATA-Atkins Technical Services, a team including Atkins and Los Alamos Technical Associates, said Tuesday it won a potentially 7.5-year waste-management subcontract from Y-12 National Security Complex operator Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS). The team also… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • Decommissioning

    NRC Rejects Hearing Petitions for Oyster Creek License Transfer

    The members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday rejected two petitions for hearings on the agency’s review of the license transfer application for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in New Jersey. The four-member commission formalized… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

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