Vol. 22, No. 19 
DOE to Split Production of Warhead Cores Between New Mexico and South Carolina
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Plutonium Pit Production
Heinrich Presses NNSA Weapons Nominee on Pits
The man who would lead the National Nuclear Security Administration’s weapons branch, better than a $10-billion-a-year portfolio that includes the some of nation’s most sensitive and secret defense work, drew barely any attention Thursday in a Senate Armed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
Dems Fail to Strip Low-Yield Warhead From House NDAA In Annual Marathon Markup
After a marathon of amendments and votes that began Tuesday morning and ended Wednesday morning, the House Armed Services Committee defeated a doomed-to-fail Democratic attempt to prevent the National Nuclear Security Administration from starting work on a new… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
House Subcommittee Passes 2019 DOE Budget Bill; Full Committee Markup Wednesday
The House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee approved a roughly $36-billion Department of Energy budget bill Monday, which heads to the full committee for a markup Wednesday, May 16. The Department of Energy (DOE) would receive a 5-percent… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE Wants Judge to Consolidate Five MOX Lawsuits
Seeking to cut the time it will spend in court, the Department of Energy last week asked a federal judge to consolidate five lawsuits filed against the agency by the prime contractor on a long-delayed plutonium-disposal plant in South Carolina. CB&I AREVA MOX… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
South Carolina, DOE Don’t Expect to Settle MOX Lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Energy and South Carolina said Tuesday they probably will not settle their differences about whether the agency owes the state hundreds of millions of dollars for its failure to remove plutonium from the state by 2016. That conclusion was… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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Budget & Policy
Garrish Appointed Acting General Counsel for DOE
Department of Energy veteran Theodore Garrish has become the agency’s acting general counsel — a position he has held before. Garrish, whose name appeared without announcement in the general counsel spot on a Department of Energy organization chart, was… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
GD Electric Boat Investing $852 Million In Groton Shipyard For Columbia-Class Sub Building, Millions More in Rhode Island
Rich Abott Defense Daily Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) last week announced a partnership with General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB) wherein the company will invest $852 million in its Groton shipyard and hire thousands more workers over 17 years to prepare to build the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs).. The GD EB investment will focus on “significantly expanding” […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Wittman Sketches Shipbuilding Challenges: Maintain $26 Billion But Add $3 Billion When Columbia Subs Start
Rich Abott Defense Daily The chair of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) seapower panel on Thursday said the FY ’18 shipbuilding authorization of $26.2 billion should be maintained before adding $3 billion when the Columbia-class ballistic missile… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]