Vol. 21, No. 9 
MOX Contractor Draws NNSA Criticism, Small Award Fee in Stinging FY16 Evaluation
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Budget & Policy
Rick Perry Confirmed as Energy Secretary
The Senate on Thursday confirmed James Richard “Rick” Perry as U.S. secretary of energy, installing the former Texas governor to the government’s top nuclear weapons, waste, and energy post after an uncontroversial 62-37 vote. Every Senate Republican and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE Contractors Wait for Policy Guidance as Trump Administration Slowly Forms
The absence of senior leadership at the Trump administration’s Cabinet agencies threatens to leave contractors without clear policy direction on matters including the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons and cleanup complexes, executives said Tuesday. There is no imminent end in sight to this dilemma, they acknowledged. Panelists at the ExchangeMonitor’s Nuclear Deterrence Summit spoke two […]
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Contracts & Procurement
NNSA Nevada Site Re-Bid Winding Down
The second round of bidding for the Nevada National Security Site management and operations contract appears to be in its final stages, executives with one of the competing companies said Tuesday. Leidos resubmitted a proposal after the previous contract award… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
NNSA Constrained by Cap on Federal Employees, Creedon Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s work may be hindered by a congressionally mandated cap on federal employees, a former agency official said Wednesday. Madelyn Creedon, who served as the agency’s principal deputy administrator from 2014 to Jan.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Klotz: NNSA Approves CD-4 for Pantex HEPF
The National Nuclear Security Administration on Tuesday approved Critical Decision (CD)-4 for the High Explosives Pressing Facility (HEPF) at the Pantex Plant, NNSA Administrator Frank Klotz said Wednesday at the ExchangeMonitor’s annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Navy, General Dynamics Near Finish Line On Columbia Submarine Design Contract
Marc Selinger Defense Daily The U.S. Navy and General Dynamics Electric Boat may soon wrap up negotiations on the detail design contract for the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, an industry official said March 1. “We expect to continue [the negotiations]… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
One Pleads Guilty, Another Maintains Innocence in SRS MOX Fraud Case
One of two men accused of stealing more than $4 million from the federal government while working for the Savannah River Site’s MOX program could face up to five years in prison after entering into a plea agreement on Friday. Meanwhile, the other suspect has… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Brooks Receives ExchangeMonitor’s Johnny Foster Award
Linton Brooks, a career naval officer and former head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, on Wednesday received the Johnny Foster Lifetime Achievement Award at the ExchangeMonitor’s 2017 Nuclear Deterrence Summit. The award, named in honor of the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
Wrap Up: Oak Ridge Lab Director Leaving to Join Battelle
Thom Mason will leave his post as director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee on July 1 to join Battelle as a senior executive, the Department of Energy site announced last Friday. Mason, a physicist who has served for a decade as ORNL director,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence […]