Vol. 22, No. 39 
NNSA Sends Termination Letter to MFFF Contractor After Appeals Court Decision
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Pauses Development of Savannah River M&O Solicitation
The Department of Energy has paused rollout of a solicitation for a 10-year, $14-billion contract to manage the Savannah River Site for most of the next decade, pending an internal review that could radically reshape the nuclear-weapon mission at the South Carolina… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
One NNSA Official Sworn In, Another Nominee on Deck in Senate
Charles Verdon, a longtime manager at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, on Tuesday officially started his new job leading the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) $11-billion-a-year nuclear weapons portfolio. Verdon was sworn… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Way to Pit Production Clear in New Mexico
Barriers to producing plutonium nuclear weapon cores in South Carolina remain, but the way is wide open in New Mexico, where the National Nuclear Security Administration has entered the peak spending years of upgrades aimed at producing a war-usable “pit”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Energy Dept. Gives More Time for Bids on Contract for Tritium-Bar Transport Equipment
Companies interested in building custom road equipment to transport tritium-bearing rods to the Savannah River Site from a nuclear reactor in Tennessee got an extra month-and-a-half, until Nov. 9, to file their bids, the prime contractor for the Department of Energy’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Perry, Gordon-Hagerty, Issue Public Sympathies for OST Employee Killed in Vehicle Cras
The secretary of energy and the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration on Wednesday expressed condolences for the death of an agency security employee who helped move special nuclear material across the country. Kristopher Youngberg, 41, died after a passenger van he was riding in last week along with four other Department of Energy […]
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Contracts & Procurement
NNSS Sees Significant Subcontracting Potential Ahead
The managing contractor for the Nevada National Security Site, Mission Support and Test Services (MSTS), envisions significant subcontracting opportunities for construction and consulting services in the near future, a senior manager said recently. The venture… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
GBSD and Columbia Sub Were Among Programs GAO Reviewed for Hacking Vulnerability: NYT
Next-generation nuclear missiles and submarines were among the weapons systems reviewed for hacking vulnerabilities by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a report published this week, The New York Times reported. Citing interviews with unidentified… 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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Cleanup & Remediation
Hurricane Michael Downs Trees, Knocks Out Power at Savannah River
The Savannah River Site in South Carolina sustained minor impacts from Hurricane Michael late Thursday and early Friday, during a 24-hour workforce reduction activated as the storm approached. Effects included minimal damage to some administrative buildings at… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]