Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 18 No. 37 Russia Says It Will Ramp Up Modernization of Nuclear Forces
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Warhead & Weapons Development
W80 Warhead Down-Selected for Use on New Nuclear Cruise Missile
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 The Nuclear Weapons Council quietly selected the W80 warhead last month for use in the new long-range standoff weapon (LRSO), a National Nuclear Security Administration spokesman confirmed to NS&D Monitor this week.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Navy: Ohio Class Nuclear Submarine Replacement Program Has ‘No Room’ for More Delay
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 Congressional appropriators should act quickly to fund the Ohio Class replacement submarine, as recapitalization for the SSBNs is in the midst of a 20-year delay, Rear Adm. Joe Tofalo, the Navy’s director of Undersea… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
StratCom Vice Commander Provides Details of New Planned GBSD Concept
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 U.S. Strategic Command Vice Commander Lt. Gen. James Kowalski confirmed late this week that a new “hybrid” mobile-option intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that would allow nuclear forces to respond… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Oversight Stepped Up at Savannah River Tritium Facilities After Numerous Issues
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 Numerous operations and security issues at Savannah River’s tritium facilities have led the Department of Energy and the site’s managing contractor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, to step up oversight… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
NNSA Directs Los Alamos to Begin ‘Mission Need’ Development for Modular Pu Strategy
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 The National Nuclear Security Administration has directed Los Alamos National Laboratory to begin developing preliminary planning documents for the third phase of its plutonium strategy, the construction of modules that… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
No Word on MOX ‘Cold Standby’ as FY’15 Nears
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 Though the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility was slated to go into “cold standby” at the beginning of Fiscal Year 2015 next week, the immediate path forward for the project remains unclear and the National… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Breaking Out Cleanup Work at Los Alamos, LANL Cleanup Managers Relieved of Duties
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 9/26/2014 As the Department of Energy moves to shift responsibility for cleanup work at Los Alamos National Laboratory to the DOE Office of Environmental Management, four LANL cleanup managers late this week were relieved of their… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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National Laboratories
DOE IG: LLNL Could Be Penalized for Billing Unallowable Insurance Costs to Gov’t
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory could be subject to penalties from its federal overseers for charging unallowable insurance costs to the government, according to a Department of Energy Inspector General assessment… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Non-Proliferation
Russian-Origin HEU Removed from Poland
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 Despite tensions between the U.S. and Russia, 53 kilograms of highly enriched uranium were returned from Poland to an undisclosed facility in Russia last week in a joint operation coordinated by the National Nuclear Security… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Non-Proliferation
Current South Korea 123 Agreement Should Be Extended Until 2021, Council on Foreign Relations Says
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 As negotiations continue on an extension of the U.S. civil nuclear agreement with South Korea, the Council on Foreign Relations is recommending that the current agreement be extended until 2021 so that a study underway… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Brig. Gen. Davis Taking Over as Top Military Official in NNSA Weapons Program
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 Air Force Brig. Gen. Stephen Davis is taking over as the top military official in the National Nuclear Security Administration’s weapons program, replacing Brig. Gen. James Dawkins as the agency’s Principal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Jeffrey Johnson Named NNSA Chief of Defense Nuclear Security
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 Marine Corps veteran Jeffrey Johnson has been named as the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Chief of Defense Nuclear Security (CDNS) and Associate Administrator for Defense Nuclear Security, the agency… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Lockheed Martin Awarded Two Contract Modifications for Work on Trident II D5 Missiles
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 Navy Strategic Systems Programs late last week awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. two contract modifications for work related to Trident II (D5) missiles. One of the contracts allocates $34.2 million toward meeting… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
At Sandia
Lab Won’t Be Penalized by DOE for Technetium-99 Contamination Incident NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 Sandia National Laboratories will not be penalized for a contamination incident earlier this year at its Tomography and Radionuclide Transport Laboratory, the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Unarmed Minuteman III Tested Successfully
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 Air Force Global Strike Command this week successfully tested an unarmed Minuteman III missile, which flew from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., to Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands in a span of approximately 30 minutes,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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National Laboratories
At Los Alamos
URS Exec Conway Joins LANL Nuclear and High Hazard Ops Directorate NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 URS executive Chuck Conway is joining Los Alamos National Laboratory as the operations manager in the lab’s Nuclear and High Hazard Operations Directorate,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
At Oak Ridge
Deinventory of Y-12 Area 5 Underway NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 The National Nuclear Security Administration has acknowledged that activities underway to reduce the inventory of highly enriched uranium inside production facilities at the Y-12 National Security… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap Up: In the NNSA, In the DNFSB, In the Industry, In the NGOs
NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 IN THE NNSA The National Nuclear Security Administration recently completed an important test of the new joint Air Force and Navy radar in the W88 ALT 370, the agency said this week. The W88 ALT 370 will replace the arming, fuzing and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! […]