Vol. 20, No. 9 
Graham Slams Proposal to Kill MOX Plant
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Still Hasn’t Finished Physical Security Plan: GAO
The National Nuclear Security Administration has yet to finish a congressionally mandated life-cycle physical security infrastructure management plan for its facilities, according to a senior Government Accountability Office official. There was no immediate word… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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National Laboratories
DOE Says Taking Steps to Improve Federal-Lab Relationship
The Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing new guidance, reporting documents, working groups, and long-term plans in response to the recommendations of the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories (CRENEL), a congressionally mandated… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
Lawmakers Revisit Advisory Panel Recommendation to Integrate NNSA Into DOE
Members of Congress and the chairmen of a congressional advisory panel on governance of the nuclear security enterprise on Wednesday mulled reintegrating the operations of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) fully into the Department of Energy (DOE). Rep.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
McCain Promises to Block LRSB Funding Because Of Cost-Plus Contract
Valerie Insinna Defense Daily 2/26/2016 Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Thursday he would not authorize funding for the Long Range Strike Bomber as long as the program remains under a cost-plus contracting structure. McCain… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
Alexander Expects UPF Design to be 90% Done in 2017
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee, said the design of the multibillion-dollar Uranium Processing Facility should be 90 percent completed by the end of 2017. That 90 percent design… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Non-Proliferation
IAEA Chief Presses for CPPNM Amendment Entry Into Force
Eleven more nations must ratify the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material before the measure enters into force, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday. Ivory Coast became the latest ratifying nation on Feb. 10, according… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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International
Russian Sanctions Not Impacting RD-180 Purchase
Pat Host Defense Daily 2/26/2016 Russian sanctions are not impacting the Defense Department’s ability to acquire Russian-developed rocket engines it uses in launch, the Pentagon’s acquisition czar said Tuesday. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE Letter Calls on NSTec to Better Manage Hazardous Chemicals
Ineffective hazardous chemical management and chemical safety training processes precipitated a chemical waste drum fire at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) a year after an explosion at the site, according to a Feb. 22 enforcement letter from the Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Dozen Firms Express Interest in Y-12 EOC Project
Consolidated Nuclear Security, management and operations contractor at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., confirmed that a dozen firms have submitted “expressions of interest” in providing architecture/engineering services for a new emergency… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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National Laboratories
NNSA Chief: LDRD, Work Incentives to Help NNSA Labs Recruit Talent
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Frank Klotz on Tuesday highlighted the Laboratory-Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program, staffing incentives, and changes in contractor procedures as factors that will increase the NNSA’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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National Laboratories
At Savannah River: Lab to Recover Material From Fuel Assemblies
A team of Department of Energy officials under the scope of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is recovering heavy curium and plutonium-244 from irradiated fuel targets stored at the Savannah River Site. The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Wrap Up: Air Force Global Strike Command Test Launches Minuteman III
U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command airmen from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota launched two Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) over the last two weeks from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Air Force has announced. Each unarmed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]