Vol. 20, No. 48 
NNSA Awards Sandia M&O Contract to Honeywell Subsidiary
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Stockpile Stewardship
Perry to Manage Vast U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, announced this week as the nominee to become energy secretary in the Donald Trump administration, would be responsible for a massive program to ensure the reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent, sparking debate about whether he is qualified for the role – and whether management skill and bureaucratic experience matter […]
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Budget & Policy
Shutdown Averted: DOE Keeps 2016 Budget Through April, Under Temporary Spending Bill
At the last minute Dec. 9, after deadline for last week’s issue of Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, the Senate passed a stopgap spending bill that will keep the federal government open and funded at fiscal 2016 levels through April 28. An earlier stopgap bill, known officially as a continuing resolution, was set to expire at […]
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Contracts & Procurement
SRNS Receives $39M of Possible $44.9M Award Fee
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) received $39.2 million, or 87 percent, of its annual award fee for fiscal 2016 from the Department of Energy – a total amount earned for both its Environmental Management (EM) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) missions. The Savannah River Site’s management and operations contractor could have earned up to […]
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International
SRS Processes 2 KG of Plutonium in Planned 6-Metric-Ton Project
The Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina has processed 2 kilograms of plutonium since beginning its program in September to permanently dispose of 6 metric tons of excess non-pit material, according to DOE. The site said Sept. 30 its personnel had begun downblending the material at the site’s K Area Complex. After dilution, […]
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National Laboratories
NNSA Official Finds Hope for U.S.-Russian Relations in Technical Partnerships
A senior National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) official said Monday that fostering nuclear security relationships between U.S. and Russian technical experts, as was done in the 1990s, would play a significant role in restoring otherwise chilly relations between the two countries. “There is a quality to science-to-science relationships that transcends a lot of the political […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Boeing Moving Defense Segment Headquarters To Washington, D.C.
Calvin Biesecker Defense Daily Boeing on Tuesday said it plans to move the headquarters of its St. Louis-based Defense, Space & Security segment to the Washington, D.C., area in January to be closer to its customers. The initial move next month will involve about a dozen people, including Boeing’s Defense Chief Leanne Caret. Over time, the […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Judge Partially Dismisses SRNS Overcharging Lawsuit
A federal judge has partially dismissed claims that the Savannah River Site’s primary contractor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), and one of its parent companies, Fluor Federal Services (FFS), unjustly benefited from their contract with the Department of Energy. On March 18, the U.S. Department of Justice sued SRNS, the management and operations contractor for […]
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Contracts & Procurement
NNSA Awards $10M to SHINE for Medical Isotope Production
The Department of Energy’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded $10 million in Phase II funding to SHINE Medical Technologies as part of the agency’s program to promote a domestic supply of molybdenum-99 (mo-99). The funding is part of a cooperative agreement, which involved a 50-50 cost-sharing arrangement between SHINE and DOE. The recent award […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
BAE Systems Wins $368 Million U.S. Navy Contract To Support Submarine Weapon Systems
Rich Abott Defense Daily The U.S. Navy awarded BAE Systems a $368 million five-year contract to provide systems engineering and support services to the service’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) office, which covers strategic and attack weapons systems on U.S. and U.K. ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), the company said Wednesday. SSP specifically overseas the Strategic Weapons System and […]
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Non-Proliferation
NTI Report Recommends Miscalculation Prevention Measures for Russia and the West
A new report from the nongovernmental Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) suggests confidence-building and transparency measures to prevent miscalculations between Russia and the West, and thereby reduce nuclear risk, in light of current political tensions and the deteriorating U.S.-Russian relationship. The recommendations in NTI’s Rising Nuclear Dangers: Steps to Reduce Risks in the Euro-Atlantic Region are […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Wrap Up: Lockheed Martin Secures New, Extended ICBM Gear Contracts
Lockheed Martin said Thursday it began work in November on a $50 million contract to supply Minuteman III ICBM support technology. The defense contractor secured the four-year, firm-fixed-price deal in June for seven sets of ICBM re-entry system equipment and four additional units of support gear, according to a Lockheed press release. The equipment will […]