Vol. 23, No. 27 
Settlement Talks Collapse in $200-Million Lawsuit over Savannah River Plutonium
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DNFSB Details Blocked Attendance at Pantex Nuke Explosives Safety Meetings
It has been more than a year now since the Department of Energy ordered stricter limits on communications with the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), but the independent federal nuclear health-and-safety watchdog has mostly not cataloged the stonewalling… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
All The NNSA Nuclear Reports Ordered by the Senate’s 2020 NDAA, Annotated
The U.S. Senate’s recently passed version of the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act calls for nine reports or briefings on Department of Energy nuclear weapon programs. Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor has listed each of them below, in the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
‘Violent Reaction’ Blew Open Furnace Containing Uranium at Y-12 Analytical Chemistry Building
The site operations contractor for the Y-12 National Security Complex is finishing decontamination in Building 9995 after a furnace there blew open and spewed uranium in late May. The muffle furnace in Y-12’s Analytical Chemistry Facility partially exploded… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
BWX Technologies Wraps NNSA Uranium Conversion Contract
BWX Technologies has finished a uranium conversion contract for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the agency confirmed this week. The semiautonomous Department of Energy weapons agency awarded the roughly $30-million contract in 2011 and extended… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Navy Must Move Faster On New Nuclear Programs, CNO Says
By Richard Abott Defense Daily The U.S. should speed up efforts to develop new nuclear-capable weapons, including a “cost-effective, credible” replacement for the Trident II ballistic missile, the Chief of Naval Operations said this week. In a talk at the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Non-Proliferation
Eberhardt Confirmed as U.S. Special Representative for Nonproliferation
The U.S. Senate has confirmed former Pentagon and State Department career man Jeffrey Eberhardt to be special representative of the president for nuclear nonproliferation. In his new State Department job, for which he was confirmed last month, Eberhardt will be… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]