Vol. 22, No. 25 
Senate Tees Up Monday Vote on NNSA 2019 Budget; Feinstein Won’t Oppose
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Contracts & Procurement
With Debriefs Done, Clock Ticking on Los Alamos Contract Protest
The 10-day clock is ticking to protest the National Nuclear Security Administration’s award of a potentially decade-long management contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory, now that the agency has debriefed the companies behind three failed bids to run… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate Passes NDAA, Loosens Restriction on Early Nuke Warhead Work
The Senate this week approved a fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act that would clear the way for the National Nuclear Security Administration to build one, and possibly more, low-yield nuclear warheads. The bill also would prohibit the semi-autonomous… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
DOE Asks Judge to Lift Hold on MFFF Cancellation
The Department of Energy wants a federal judge to let the agency resume closing an over-budget plutonium disposal plant in South Carolina, court papers filed on June 15 show. On June 7, in a lawsuit brought by South Carolina, U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Repurposing Plutonium Could Speed Up Removal From Savannah River, DOE Says
At least 1 metric ton of plutonium stored at the Savannah River Site may be suitable for use in the nation’s defense program and could be shipped out of South Carolina in time to meet a Jan. 1, 2020, deadline set late last year by a federal judge, according… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear […]
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National Laboratories
Fly Drone at Los Alamos, Lose Drone at Los Alamos, Lab Warns
Invoking the threat of countermeasures he did not specifically explain, the head of security at the Los Alamos National Laboratory has warned drone pilots they might lose their aircraft if they fly too close to the storied New Mexico nuclear weapons lab. “The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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Non-Proliferation
NNSA 10-Year Nonproliferation Plan Missed Mark Twice, GAO Says
For four years and through two presidential administrations, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) failed to supply Congress with an adequate plan to verify and monitor global proliferation of nuclear weapons, weapon components, and fissile materials,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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National Laboratories
Director Search Advances for Los Alamos Community Group
The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC) could hire a new executive director by the end of the month. The deadline for the RCLC’s request for proposals was June 6, and the executive committee of the group’s Board of Directors’ could make… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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International
Swedish Arms-Control Advocates Count Nearly 14.5K Nukes Globally
U.S. and Russian arms reductions under the New START treaty led an overall trickling down of deployed nuclear forces in 2017, and North Korea might have anywhere from 10 to 20 nuclear weapons, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]