Vol. 23, No. 24 
House Armed Services Committee Approves 2020 NDAA Following Fireworks Over Low-Yield Warhead
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Budget & Policy
Debate on Nuclear Amendments to House Spending Bill Pushed to Next Week
The full House of Representatives will not consider several defense-nuclear amendments to a fiscal 2020 spending bill until next week. The House cleared the amendments for floor debate, but lawmakers spent much of Wednesday and all day Thursday discussing other… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
South Carolina Asks Supreme Court to Save Plutonium Conversion Plant
South Carolina has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court’s 2018 decision to let the Department of Energy close a proposed plutonium disposal plant in the western part of the state, according to papers filed recently with the highest court in the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
NNSA to Complete Environmental Review on Proposed Plutonium Pit Plants
The National Nuclear Security Administration plans to prepare an environmental impact statement for plutonium pit production at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., according to a notice filed this week in the Federal Register. The public will have 45 days… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Huizenga Promoted to NNSA No. 3 as White Departs
David Huizenga, a longtime manager in the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) nonproliferation branch, will be promoted to the third-highest career post at the nuclear weapons agency effective Monday, the semiautonomous Department of Energy branch… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Y-12 Contractor Gets Go-Ahead to Install Uranium Chip Melter
Consolidated Nuclear Security has received the go-ahead to install a piece of hardware at the Y-12 National Security Complex that will one day help the National Nuclear Security Administration end uranium processing in the World War II-era Building 9212 and transfer… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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National Laboratories
DOE Deputy Orders No More Participation in Foreign Talent Programs
After a former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist was indicted for allegedly lying about contacts with the Chinese government, the Energy Department prohibited its employees and contractors from participating in certain foreign “talent recruitment programs.” Deputy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]