Vol. 20, No. 25 
Senate Passes NDAA
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Plutonium Pit Production
Court Likely to Ignore Request to Delay June 30 MOX Hearing
A U.S. District Court Judge will consider several motions issued by parties in the lawsuit over plutonium processing at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina during a June 30 hearing in Columbia, S.C. The U.S. Justice Department’s confirmation of the hearing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Non-Proliferation
International Community Looks to Nuclear-Weapon States for CTBT Ratification
More than 120 delegations met this week at a ministerial meeting to call for global ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), a treaty that several key countries – notably the United States – have yet to ratify, even while calling for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Air Force Chief: Preserve the Triad, If You Can
General Mark Welsh, outgoing Air Force chief of staff, said Wednesday that each leg of the U.S. nuclear triad will remain critical for strategic deterrence regardless of budget pressures, and that a separate account to fund the nuclear forces modernization for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Air Force Chief Nominee Gen. Goldfein: Nuclear Modernization Milestones Imminent
Dan Parsons Defense Daily The nominee to become the next Air Force chief of staff announced imminent program milestone decisions for two of the service’s nuclear modernization programs during a confirmation before a Senate panel on Thursday. Gen. David Goldfein… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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International
Proposed U.S.-Norway Nuclear Energy Agreement Under Congressional Review
Congress is reviewing a proposed agreement for cooperation between the United States and Norway on peaceful uses of nuclear energy that President Barack Obama approved last week in a presidential memorandum. The U.S. has signed nuclear cooperation deals – or… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Non-Proliferation
U.S., Armenia Review Nuclear Smuggling Joint Action Plan
Officials from the United States and Armenia on Monday conducted a review of the nations’ bilateral Joint Action Plan on Combatting Smuggling of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials, the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan said in a statement. The Joint Action Plan was signed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Y-12 Contractor Addressing Ventilation Area Problems
Consolidated Nuclear Security, the government’s managing contractor at the Y-12 nuclear weapons site in Tennessee, has apparently come up with some new fixes to help address problems with Stack 110 – a key ventilation area for the old 9212 uranium-processing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap Up: DOE to Hold Public Meeting on Human Reliability Program
The Department of Energy will host a public meeting June 28-30 in Oak Ridge, Tenn., to discuss recommendations for improving its Human Reliability Program, according to a notice published this week in the Federal Register. The Human Reliability Program involves… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]