Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 20 No. 5 White House Said to Propose Deep Cuts for MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility
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Non-Proliferation
Proliferation Security Initiative Meeting Held in Washington, D.C.
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 The U.S. State Department last Wednesday hosted a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) meeting in which midlevel officials from the United States and 70 partner states gathered to discuss collective nonproliferation… 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
Expert Pessimistic About 2016 Disarmament Negotiations
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 As the United Nations’ Conference on Disarmament (CD) begins its 2016 session, one nonproliferation expert doubts the likelihood of significant progress in the body’s long-stalled arms control negotiations.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Non-Proliferation
Uncertainly Looms Over SRS Receipt of German Uranium
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 No timetable has been set for the Department of Energy to decide if 1 million graphite spheres – each containing highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Germany – will be transported to the Savannah River Site for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Y-12 Employees Threw Out Classified Documents With Unclassified Waste
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 The National Nuclear Security Administration this week finally spelled out some of the details of a 2014 “security event” involving the mishandling of classified information at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
LANL Will Restart Pit Production This Year, Officials Say
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 Pit-making operations will resume at the Los Alamos National Laboratory this year, according to the Department of Energy. There are currently no pits being made at Los Alamos, but the job of manufacturing plutonium triggers… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
DOE Review Identifies Improvements in LANL PF-4 Restart Process
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has made significant improvements in the process of fully resuming fissile material operations paused in 2013 at its Plutonium Facility (PF-4) at Technical Area 55 (TA-55), the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
Former Los Alamos Employees Request Suicide, Corruption Investigation
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 Three former Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) investigators have sent a letter to U.S. Attorney for New Mexico Damon Martinez asking for a renewed investigation into past corruption at the lab and the circumstances… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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International
Moniz Highlights Administration’s Global Nuclear Cooperation Achievements
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 With less than a year until the next president takes office, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Tuesday highlighted the Obama administration’s key international nuclear security and nonproliferation achievements,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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International
Opposition Continues on Canadian Uranium Shipments to SRS
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 U.S. Republicans and Democrats both support the call for an updated assessment of potential threats before shipments of liquid highly enriched uranium from Canada cross international borders and travel to the… 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
Report: Cuts to Nuclear Modernization Could Save $120B
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 Significant cuts to the U.S. nuclear modernization program, including the cancellation of the B61 gravity bomb consolidation and new cruise missile programs, could save the U.S. $120 billion over the next 30 years, according… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Safety Issue Forces Pause in Y-12 Uranium Casting Operations
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 Casting operations with highly enriched uranium were temporarily “paused” last month because of a perceived “deficiency” in nuclear criticality safety in a part of Building 9212 at the Y-12 nuclear… 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
Study: HEU Minimization in Research Reactors to Take Longer Than Expected
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 Highly enriched uranium (HEU) minimization in civilian research reactors is more difficult and progressing more slowly than previously expected, according to a study released last week by a National Academy of Sciences… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Non-Proliferation
NNSA Seeks Small Businesses for Nuclear Smuggling Detection Project
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is seeking a small business or small business-led team for the design and installation of radiation detection and communications systems in support of the Office of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Life Extension Programs
GAO: B61-12 LEP Management Tools May Improve Cost, Schedule Estimates
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Thursday said that program management and integrated schedule systems might improve implementation of the B61-12 life-extension program (LEP) and called for an… 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
New CNS Boss Sends Message to Y-12, Pantex Employees
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 Morgan Smith took the reins Monday as president and chief executive officer at Consolidated Nuclear Security, the government’s managing contractor at the Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons plants, and he promised the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap Up
NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 IN THE INDUSTRY National Security Technologies (NSTec), the managing contractor for the Nevada National Security Site, said this week that acting President James Holt would take the position on a permanent basis. Holt has been acting… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]