Vol. 22, No. 10 
NNSA Eyes Increase for Savannah River Site’s Weapons Mission
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Administrator to Visit Savannah River Site
The new administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration was set to visit the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., on Friday, sources said this week. A spokesperson for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in Washington declined to provide… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Judge to Resume Consideration of Partial Payment to Contract in MOX Lawsuit
A federal judge will resume consideration of CB&I AREVA MOX Services’ argument that it should quickly receive a partial award in a $200 million lawsuit it filed against the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration for alleged mismanagement… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
South Carolina Combines $100M Plutonium Suits Against DOE
Following the advice of a U.S. Court of Federal Claims (CFC) judge, the state of South Carolina this week dismissed one of its two $100 million lawsuits against the U.S. Department of Energy, and amended the other to reflect a $200 million total demand. Both suits,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence […]
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Non-Proliferation
Senate Committee Approves NNSA Nonproliferation Nominee
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday approved the White House’s nominee to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration’s roughly $2-billion-a-year nuclear nonproliferation branch. The Donald Trump administration nominated Brent Park, an associate… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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National Laboratories
N.M. Gov. Shoots Down Bill to Tax Nonprofit Nat’l Lab Operators
In a blow to local interest groups that backed the measure, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez (R) vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have increased taxes for nonprofit entities that operate Department of Energy national laboratories in the state. Martinez vetoed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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National Laboratories
Leadership Change Expected for Los Alamos Community Advocacy Group
Faced with local news coverage raising questions about her expense account, and in the middle of a state legislative campaign, Andrea Romero acknowledged Friday her days at the helm of an advocacy group for communities near the Energy Department’s Los Alamos… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
Bechtel Finishes Another UPF Subproject
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Bechtel National have finished the Site Infrastructure and Services subproject for the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The UPF will eventually replace… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Stockpile Stewardship
NNSA Says it is Environmentally Clear to Stage Bigger Explosive Tests Near Livermore
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) stuck to its guns that it does not need to conduct further environmental reviews for its plan to perform bigger explosive tests nearby the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE Preparing to Process Cold War-Vintage Targets for Plutonium, Curium
Next year, the Department of Energy wants to start extracting desirable national-security and nonproliferation isotopes from material stored at the Savannah River Site since the early 1970s, according to an environmental filing published Thursday. The agency wants… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
Perry Vs. Moniz: One Year on Twitter
As of March 2, Rick Perry had been U.S. secretary of energy for one year. Like his predecessor, Ernest Moniz, Perry has been on Twitter since the first day of his tenure at the top floor of the Forrestal Building in Washington, D.C. In that span of time, Perry… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
New Air Force Strike Command Head Nominated
President Donald Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. Timothy Ray to be the next commander of the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command. If confirmed by the Senate, Ray will replace Gen. Robin Rand, who is retiring. Ray is currently deputy commander of U.S. European Command. Trump… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Correction
A story in the March 2 issue of Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor should have said CB&I AREVA MOX Services filed suit against the National Nuclear Security Administration in 2016. SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username Password […]