Vol. 21, No. 13 
Still More Questions Than Answers on Trump’s Nuclear Policy: Day 75 of 100
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
EUCOM Chief Encourages Greater Response Over Russian INF Breach
The head of U.S. military forces in Europe said Tuesday the United States should do more to bring Russia back into compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty; former U.S. officials on Thursday then discouraged a “tit-for-tat” response and gave their own suggestions to the new administration. The Trump administration has determined that Russia is […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
GAO to Review Warhead Development Program
The Government Accountability Office said this week it has accepted a request from two senior Democrats in the House of Representatives to study the value of a new nuclear warhead that would be manufactured to fit onto both ICBMs and sea-launched ballistic missiles. At issue is the National Nuclear Security Administration’s first “interoperable warhead,” or […]
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Non-Proliferation
World Powers Sit Out U.N. Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty Negotiations
The United Nations General Assembly this week began substantive negotiations on a draft of a legally binding global prohibition on nuclear weapons, which the official nuclear-weapon states condemned and boycotted. Elayne Whyte Gomez, ambassador of Costa Rica to the U.N. Office in Geneva and president of the ban treaty conference, said Thursday that over 115 states […]
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Defense & Military
Wilson’s SASC Confirmation Hearing Light On Republican Ethics Inquiries
Pat Host Defense Daily Most Republicans at Heather Wilson’s confirmation hearing to become the next Air Force secretary seemed largely uninterested in probing her alleged ethics missteps, instead saluting her experience and supporting her nomination. Aside from Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) inquires, it was Democrats, led by Ranking Member Jack Reed […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Documents Outline Future Shipments of Plutonium, Uranium to SRS
Redacted documents released to a nuclear watchdog group show that the Savannah River Site in South Carolina will receive shipments of plutonium, uranium, and other nuclear materials for the next 15-plus years, with no current disposition pathway for much of the material already stored on-site. Savannah River Site Watch in January received via a Freedom […]
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Stockpile Stewardship
Wrap Up: NNSA to Extend TechSource Support for Advanced Simulation and Computing
The National Nuclear Security Administration plans to extend its task order with TechSource Inc. for technical support services for the agency’s Office of Advanced Simulation and Computing and Institutional R&D Programs, according to a notice posted last week. The NNSA’s advanced simulation office provides technical guidance to create and manage computational modeling and simulation capabilities […]