Vol. 22, No. 08 
W80-4 Would Grab Lion’s Share of Proposed Budget Increase for NNSA Stockpile Work
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Lisa Gordon-Hagerty Sworn In as NNSA Administrator
Lisa Gordon-Hagerty was sworn in as administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Thursday, officially putting the former National Security Council and Energy Department staffer in charge of a roughly $13-billion nuclear-weapons budget… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Life Extension Programs
‘W76 Mod 2’ Would Be NNSA’s New Low-Yield Sub-Launched Warhead
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) could turn the existing W76 warhead into the low-yield submarine-launched weapon requested by the Donald Trump administration by dialing back its explosive yield, a senior agency official… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Nuclear Weapons Council Plans Spring Field Trips to ‘Key’ NNSA Facilities
ARLINGTON, Va. — To help hash out military requirements for two new low-yield nuclear warheads called for in the Trump administration’s new Nuclear Posture Review, the bi-agency Nuclear Weapons Council is planning a series of road trips to key Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Life Extension Programs
LANL Director ‘Confident’ Lab Can Handle Low-Yield Warhead
ARLINGTON, Va. — The director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory said Tuesday he is “confident” the Northern New Mexico nuclear weapons site could help create the low-yield nuclear warheads the Donald Trump administration requested in the Nuclear Posture… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
LANL Weapons Chief Lauds Lab’s Plutonium Pit Capabilities
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has the technical and safety chops both to manufacture plutonium pits and to lead new research on the nuclear-weapon cores, the head of the lab’s weapons program said Wednesday amid an intensifying… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
NNSA to Choose Between New Uranium Enrichment Plants by Dec. 2019
By the end of 2019, the National Nuclear Security Administration plans to identify the best ways to secure low-enriched uranium for U.S. nuclear-weapon programs over the next 20 years, the semiautonomous Department of Energy agency wrote in response to a Government… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Judge: S.C. Should Combine $100M Claims in Plutonium Suits
South Carolina should withdraw one of its two plutonium removal lawsuits – each seeking $100 million from the federal government – in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (CFC) and amend the other suit to seek the full $200 million, a judge recommended late last… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE Docs Leave Some Questions Unanswered on Drone Flyovers at Savannah River Site
None of the 21 drone sightings in 2016 at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina resulted in any significant findings, according to Department of Energy documents recently released via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In some cases, what employees saw… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
NPR’s New Nuke SLCM May Not Be Submarine-Launched
Rich Abott Defense Daily By the end of 2019, the National Nuclear Security Administration plans to identify the best ways to secure low-enriched uranium for U.S. nuclear-weapon programs over the next 20 years, the semi-autonomous Department of Energy agency wrote… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
DNFSB Budget Request About Flat at $31M for 2019
The White House requested roughly $31 million for the independent Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board in 2019, roughly even with the appropriation that now funds the independent health-and-safety watchdog of the Department of Energy’s nuclear-weapon sites. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]