Vol. 23, No. 18 
Cortez Masto Stops Blocking DOE Nominees Over Plutonium Shipment, But Nevada Lawsuit Rolls On
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Plutonium Pit Production
New Study Finds NNSA Pit Strategy Unlikely to Meet Production Deadline, Lawmaker Says
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon and the National Nuclear Security Administration should reconsider their decision to make nuclear-weapon cores in two states beginning in 2030 after yet another study concluded the plan cannot meet a White House production deadline,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
DOE Tells Los Alamos to Fix Old Issues-Management Practices Ahead of New Plutonium Mission
Los Alamos National Laboratory management contractor Triad National Security must quickly change the issues-management practices it inherited from its predecessor to prevent problems with plutonium facilities from spiraling out of control and derailing planned… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Stockpile Stewardship
NNSA Deciding What to Pay JASON in New Contract
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) still has not decided how much funding it will steer to an upcoming contract to keep the JASON group of independent science advisers on life support through most of January, or whether the agency wants to rely… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Heinrich Still Sniffing HALEU Role for Urenco
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) on Tuesday again tried to put New Mexico in line for a piece of the high-assay low-enriched uranium market the Department of Energy is trying to spark with a promised sole-source contract award to Centrus Corp. The DOE Office of Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! […]
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International
U.K. Sends 700 KG of HEU to U.S.
Editor’s Note 05/14/2019, 9:50 a.m. Eastern: the story was corrected to read that the U.K. shipped highly-enriched uranium to an undisclosed U.S. location. The United Kingdom has finished shipping 700 kilograms of excess highly enriched uranium to the United… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Navy Meeting Soon With Columbia Primes, Naval Secretary Tells Congress
By Richard Abott Defense Daily The secretary of the Navy and chief of naval operations (CNO) told congressional appropriators this week that the service is trying to build more margin in the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program. House appropriators… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Warhead & Weapons Development
Air Force Releases Funds for Early Components for Boeing’s B61-12 Tail Kit
Boeing has received a roughly $125 million contract modification to procure some long-lead components for the guided tail kit the company is making for the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb, the Department of Defense announced Friday. The contract for tail-kit parts… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Fluor Leadership Changes Amid Disappointing Earnings Performance
Department of Energy contractor Fluor moved up its quarterly earnings call by several hours Thursday to announce that David Seaton had stepped down as CEO and board member effective May 1. Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Carlos Hernandez is stepping… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
BWX Technologies Revenue Drops in 1Q
Lynchburg, Va.,-based BWX Technologies on Wednesday reported a drop in both revenue and profit during the first quarter of 2019. The Department of Energy contractor recorded revenue of $416 million, down 9% from $457 million in the first three months of 2018, according… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Pension Adjustments Dampen Huntington Ingalls’ Earnings In First Quarter Despite Strong Sales
By Calvin Biesecker Defense Daily Huntington Ingalls Industries on Thursday posted a big drop in net income in its first quarter due to less favorable pension adjustments, but the company’s top line growth was strong and the outlook for further growth in the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Obituaries: Richard Lugar and Ellen Tauscher
Two politicians who were instrumental in the formation of landmark U.S. nuclear security policies, former Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and former Congresswoman and State Department negotiator Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), died this week. Lugar, 87, died suddenly Sunday… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]