Vol. 23, No. 22 
With MOX Plutonium Processing Finally Dead, Dilute-and-Dispose Gets a Pulse in Congress
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Budget & Policy
NNSA Nonproliferation Budget Catches Another Break in House Appropriations Bill
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) program to keep nuclear and radiological materials out of the hands of bad actors would be funded at or above the requested level for the fifth year in a row, if a fiscal 2020 spending bill the House Appropriations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! […]
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National Laboratories
Bookless Joins NNSA as Principal Deputy Administrator
The Department of Energy on Friday swore in William Bookless as second-in-command at the National Nuclear Security Administration. Upon being sworn in by Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, Bookless officially joined the senior ranks of the semiautonomous… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Non-Proliferation
Contractors Begin Cleaning Up Cesium Spill at University of Washington
A pair of contractors have started cleaning up a University of Washington building contaminated weeks ago by cesium-137, but there is no timetable for finishing the job or reoccupying the Seattle facility. The contractors are International Isotopes, of Idaho Falls,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
South Carolina, Feds Request More Time to Settle High-Stakes Plutonium Lawsuit
South Carolina and the Department of Energy need at least another month to decide whether it is “feasible” to settle the state’s $200-million 2018 lawsuit over several metric tons of weapon-usable plutonium stranded at the Savannah River Site. “The parties… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Judge Nixes MOX Services’ Claim for Interest Payment on MFFF Fee
MOX Services will not receive any interest payments on $20 million in clawed-back fees the shrinking company won from the Department of Energy in a lawsuit over the agency’s cancellation of a controversial plutonium disposal plant at the Savannah River Site in… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Huntington Ingalls Starts Construction On Columbia Subs
By Rich Abott Defense Daily Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding held a ceremony on May 23 for its first cut-of-steel event to mark the start of advance construction for the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program. HII noted… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Non-Proliferation
DIA Believes Russia Is ‘Probably’ Not Adhering To Nuclear Test Ban
By Rich Abott Defense Daily The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) assesses Russia “probably is not adhering” fully to a multilateral prohibition on nuclear testing, the agency’s director said Wednesday. Speaking at a Hudson Institute event, Lt. Gen. Robert… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
Former LANL Hand Indicted for Lying About Chinese Connections
A former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he lied about contacts with the Chinese government-sponsored group Thousand Talents, which the Donald Trump administration says seeks to steal U.S. intellectual… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]