Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 18 No. 46

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Wrap Up

NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 IN THE NNSA As expected, Teresa Robbins has been named deputy manager of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Production Office. The NPO oversees the work at the Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons plants. It was reported… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
  • Non-Proliferation

    End to CTR Program After FY 2015 Directed in Defense Bill

    Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 House and Senate authorizers are curtailing the Department of Defense’s Cooperative Threat Reduction program, withdrawing support for the program after Fiscal Year 2015, according to the compromise version of the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    OST Squad Commander ‘Engaged in Unsuitable, Reportable Behaviors’

    Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 An Operations Squad Commander with the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Secure Transportation “engaged in unsuitable, reportable behaviors,” the Department of Energy’s Inspector… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username Password […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Former Rep.: If U.S. Can’t Afford Modernization, ‘We’re in Big Trouble’

    Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 The United States must upgrade its nuclear deterrent and the $600 billion-$1 trillion 30-year price tag to modernize all three legs of the triad included in the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review should be manageable, National… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Budget & Policy

    FY 2015 Defense Auth. Bill Boosts MOX, Directs Continued Construction

    Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 Authorized funding for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility in Fiscal Year 2015 would see a significant increase under the final version of the FY 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, unveiled this week. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Warhead & Weapons Development

    Work on Cruise Missile Warhead Accelerated in FY15 Defense Auth. Act

    FPU for Cruise Missile Warhead Required in 2025 According to Compromise Bill Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 House and Senate authorizers have agreed to language in the recently completed compromise version of the Fiscal Year 2015 Defense Authorization… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    NNSA Moving Forward With Reorganization of Office of Nonproliferation

    Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation is moving forward with a reorganization that would consolidate its sub-programs into four offices to reduce overlap between… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • National Laboratories

    Former LANL Deputy Director Suspended from Gov’t Work

    Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 Former Los Alamos National Laboratory Deputy Director Beth Sellers and her husband, Bill, have been suspended from doing work with the government and have been proposed for debarment, government records indicate. Sellers… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Defense & Military

    Ash Carter Reportedly Tapped for Defense Secretary Nomination

    Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 President Obama has tapped former Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, a physicist who oversaw various aspects of U.S. nuclear weapons policy working under two administrations, as outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    Sea-Based Deterrence Fund Authorized in Final FY 2015 Defense Bill

    Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 House lawmakers voted this week to approve a final version of the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, which would establish a $3.5 billion National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund. The Senate is expected to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Defense & Military

    DoD Strategy Nominee Voices Support for Nuclear Modernization

    Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 Robert Scher, the Obama Administration’s nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities, will attend a second confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee Dec.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    After Acquisition and New Name, Security Firm Centerra Planning Expansion

    $135 Million Sale of G4S Gov’t Solutions to Private Equity Firm Completed Nov. 24 Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 After being acquired by private equity firm Alvarez & Marsal Capital Security Holdings, security firm G4S Government Solutions… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    CBO Report Presents Options to Scale Back Modernization Plans

    Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 A report recently released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office last week states that a reduction of the planned nuclear ballistic missile submarine posture from 12 to eight, a delay of the start construction… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Budget & Policy

    GAO Highlights DOE/NNSA Cost Estimating Weaknesses

    Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration projects continue to be plagued by cost estimating weaknesses, the Government Accountability Office said last week in a report that criticizes DOE/NNSA… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • National Laboratories

    At Los Alamos

    Watchdog Groups Call for Major Fee Cut For Lab Contractor NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 Two weapons complex watchdog groups are asking Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to slash the Fiscal Year 2014 performance fee for Los Alamos National Laboratory contractor Los Alamos… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    Malmstrom Missileer to Be Court-Martialed on Drug Charges

    Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 Malmstrom AFB has announced that the military will prosecute a missileer in connection with an unreleased criminal drug investigation by the Office of Special Investigations. 2nd Lt. Nicole Dalmazzi, of the 341st Missile… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    At Prague Agenda Conference, U.S. Official Announces Partnership With NTI

    Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 The U.S. State Department is partnering with the Nuclear Threat Initiative to start an international nuclear forum to increase understanding among nuclear- and non-nuclear-weapon states of the technical problems of and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    Air Force Completes Final EIS for Powder River Training Complex

    Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 The Nov. 28 release of a Final Environmental Impact Statement has activated a 30-day waiting period before Air Force officials will decide whether to expand the Powder River Training Complex (PRTC), currently used by B-52s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • National Laboratories

    At Sandia

    Rottler to Take Over as Deputy Lab Director in March NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 Stephen Rottler, the head of Sandia National Laboratories’ California campus, is taking over as the lab’s new deputy director and executive vice president for National… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    At Oak Ridge

    Mystery Material Sets Off Monitoring Alarms at Y-12 Beta-2E Facility NS&D Monitor 12/5/2014 For the first time in at least 15 years, a worker’s personal air monitor picked up an “action level” of an unidentified hazardous material used in… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

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