Vol. 23, No. 44 
Brouillette Sails Through Energy Secretary Confirmation Hearing Amid Some Plutonium, Impeachment Talk
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
House Committee Seeks DOE, Centrus Communications in Probe of New Enrichment Cascade Contract
Senior members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee this week requested communications between the Department of Energy and Centrus Energy Corp. as part of a bipartisan probe into the award of a sole-source $115 million uranium-enrichment contract. In… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
Congress Prepares Another Short-Term Budget, Discards ‘Skinny’ NDAA
The U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons programs would be funded at prior-year levels almost through the end of December, under a second stopgap spending plan announced Thursday to keep the federal government operating while Congress tries to finalize… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Will Resume 10-Year Cost Forecasts for Weapons Complex Modernization
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) dinged the National Nuclear Security Administration recently for not providing 10 years’ worth of cost forecasts in an annual report to Congress on defense nuclear spending. The semiautonomous Department of Energy… 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
Energy Dept. Should ‘Show Cause’ for Sustaining HEU Export Application, Company Says
The U.S. Department of Energy should be required to “show cause” why the Nuclear Regulatory Commission should not dismiss its license application for shipment of weapon-grade uranium to Europe, according to a company that opposes the request. Failing that,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Non-Proliferation
Cesium Spill Cost International Isotopes $2M So Far This Year
International Isotopes said Thursday it incurred over $2.1 million in expenses through the end of September in connection with a radiological contamination incident last spring that occurred as its workers were removing a blood irradiator from a hospital research… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
AECOM Cites Record Revenue, Net Loss for Fiscal Year
AECOM, the international infrastructure company that is preparing its exit from contracting for the U.S. Energy Department, on Tuesday reported record annual revenue but a net loss for its fiscal 2019. Company-wide revenue of almost $20.2 billion was up 2% from… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Parsons Earnings Jump On Tax Benefit, Sales Higher On Acquisitions
Parsons this week posted higher third-quarter earnings due to a tax benefit, sales up on acquisitions in its Federal Solutions Segment, and to a lesser degree on an increase in organic revenue. Net income climbed 38% to $56.8 million, $0.57 earnings per share (EPS),… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Air Force Mishandling of Proprietary Info Contributed to Boeing Exit From GBSD, HASC Chair Says
Dan Leone and Vivienne Machi WASHINGTON — Questionable “competence” within U.S. Air Force procurement ranks helped turn a competition to build a fleet of next-generation nuclear ballistic missiles into a one-horse race, the chairman of the House Armed Services… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Defense & Military
STRATCOM Command Change Scheduled for Nov. 18
U.S. Air Force Gen. John Hyten is scheduled to officially turn over command of U.S. Strategic Command to Navy Vice Adm. Charles Richard next week. The change of command ceremony is to take place Nov. 18, following a dedication ceremony for STRATCOM’s new command… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]