Vol. 21, No. 32 
UT, UC Likely Bidding on Next LANL Management Pact
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Non-Proliferation
Trump Official Blasts U.N.’s Nuke Ban
A United Nations treaty that seeks to ban nuclear weapons is legally unsound and would make the world less safe, a senior White House nuclear-security official said Tuesday during an unapologetically blunt address to domestic and international policy wonks at a… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DNFSB Members Decry Sending Board Engineer to NNSA Advocacy Shop
Members of the Defense Nuclear Security Facilities Safety Board said the federal organization should not have sent an engineer on a temporary work assignment to the National Nuclear Security Administration to advocate for the White House’s funding priorities. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
SRS Security Strike Continues
About half the workers with the Savannah River Site’s security contractor remained on strike this week as the result of failed negotiations over a new collective bargaining agreement, though traffic conditions at facility entrances affected by the strike had… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
S.C. Seeks Accountability in Latest Plutonium Lawsuit Filing
The Department of Energy’s proposed plan to remove plutonium from the Savannah River Site does not hold the agency accountable if it misses deadlines, South Carolina said this week in its latest filing in a federal lawsuit on the dispute. While the state wants… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE Notifies Y-12 Manager of Investigation of Classified Info Breach
The Energy Department’s Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA) is investigating unauthorized access to confidential information at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., the internal DOE enforcement agent wrote in a letter to Y-12 prime contractor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Non-Proliferation
NRC Halves Shipment of HEU to Belgium for Medical Isotopes
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is allowing the Energy Department to send Belgium only about half the highly enriched uranium by weight the country sought for production of medical isotopes, according to a letter the commission sent to a group of nonproliferation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Interested in Small Biz Help With Information Classification
The Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is looking for small businesses capable of identifying and classifying sensitive information from amid the reams of data generated by the nuclear stockpile steward. In a sources sought request… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Boeing, Northrop Win Air Force Contracts For New ICBM
Boeing and Northrop Grumman have been awarded technology maturation and risk reduction contracts valued at $349.2 million and $328.6 million, respectively, over three years. “The companies selected were determined to provide the best overall value to the warfighter… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Aerojet Rocketdyne, Orbital ATK Join Northrop Grumman GBSD Team
Aerojet Rocketdyne and Orbital ATK both announced late Aug. 21 that they have joined the Northrop Grumman team that will compete against Boeing to develop the U.S. Air Force’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD). Northrop Grumman spokesman Tim Paynter said that “both Aerojet Rocketdyne and Orbital ATK are providing propulsion solutions.” While Orbital ATK declined […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Lockheed, Raytheon Win Air Force Contracts For New Nuclear Cruise Missile
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon received contracts Aug. 23 to mature designs for the Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO), a replacement for the U.S. Air Force’s aging, nuclear-armed, air-launched cruise missile (ALCM). Each company has been awarded a 54-month contract… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
While We Were Out
Congress skipped town, and so did many other readers, but that didn’t stop news from breaking during the ExchangeMonitor’s annual August publication break. As chronicled in the Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, here are a few stories that we’ve been following. BWXT Revenue, Income Spike in 2Q BWX Technologies on Monday reported revenue and income increases […]