Vol. 20, No. 32 
Contractors Lining Up to Bid on New Nuke Programs
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Air Force Officials Resist No-First-Use Policy
Top Air Force officials have in recent days defended current U.S. nuclear posture that avoids officially declaring no-first-use of nuclear weapons, despite calls from lawmakers to President Barack Obama to adopt such a policy during his remaining time in office. Lt.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Non-Proliferation
Petition Filed Against HEU Export License
Allowing new exports of U.S. highly enriched uranium to Belgium would pose a significant security threat and violate both the letter of the law and the spirit of global efforts to wean nuclear facilities off the weapon-usable material, a University of Texas professor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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Non-Proliferation
Reports: Obama to Promote Nuclear Test Ban at U.N.
Having never persuaded Republicans that ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty would be a good idea, President Barack Obama intends to press for a U.N. Security Council resolution urging the permanent global halt to explosive nuclear weapons testing,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Life Extension Programs
NNSA Authorizes Last Development Phase for B61-12
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Monday it has officially OK’d the production engineering phase of the B61-12 warhead life-extension program, marking the program’s entry into the final phase of development before production. This… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
LANL Implementing New Criticality Safety Controls at PF-4
The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has implemented new criticality safety controls at its Plutonium Facility (PF-4) after completing a causal analysis on a nuclear material movement error last month, according to lab spokesman Kevin Roark. A Defense Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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National Laboratories
SRNL Begins Operating New Thermal Neutron Source
A new thermal neutron source at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) in South Carolina began operations at the end of June in support of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s tritium mission, the lab announced last week. The neutron source,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Contracts & Procurement
GemTech NSS Wins Technical Services Contract with CNS
GemTech Nuclear Security Solutions said last week it has won a new professional and technical services contract with Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS), the management and operations contractor for the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Stockpile Stewardship
New Dynamic Compression Sector Dedicated This Week
A new research capability funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is being dedicated this week by the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and Washington State University, NNSA announced Thursday. This new Dynamic Compression… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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National Laboratories
Wrap Up: NSTec Seeking Drone Supplier, Design Information
National Security Technologies (NSTec) is seeking information on the design and suppliers of unmanned aerial systems (UAS). NSTec, the management and operations contractor at the Nevada National Security Site, is particularly interested in heavy-lift fixed-winged… 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
Publication Notice
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