Vol. 24, No. 04 
NNSA Administrator, Energy Secretary Reportedly in Row Over 2021 Nuclear Weapons Budget
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Plutonium Pit Production
MOX Services Hit with Misused Funds, Retaliation Claims in Unsealed Suit
A recently unsealed lawsuit accuses a former U.S. Department of Energy contractor at the Savannah River Site’s now-canceled plutonium recycling plant of filings thousands of dollars’ worth of false claims by paying out a relocation package to an employee who… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DNFSB Wants to Address DOE Issues With Brouillette
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) hopes to meet soon with new U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette to discuss public health and safety issues at nuclear sites overseen by his agency. In a Jan. 16 letter, DNFSB Chairman Bruce Hamilton congratulated… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centerra Inks Another 4-Month Agreement for Savannah River Security
The vendor providing paramilitary security for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina received its second four-month contract extension this week, keeping it on the job at least through June 7. The option with DOE was signed Thursday,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Pledges Several Steps Toward Common Financial Reporting This Year
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) pledged to this year implement several incremental steps toward a common financial reporting system that Congress has ordered put in place by December, according to a new Government Accountability Office… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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National Laboratories
Former LANL Physicist to Change Not Guilty Plea to Lying About Chinese Gov’t Connection
The former Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist is set today to change his plea of not guilty to charges that he lied about alleged connections to a Chinese-sponsored talent-recruiting program, a new court filing shows. Turab Lookman’s plea-change hearing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Warns of Greater Danger of Nuclear War, Climate Disaster
Citing the dwindling power of arms control agreements and escalating tensions with adversarial nations, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists this week moved the hands of its symbolic Doomsday Clock 20 seconds closer to a metaphorical midnight that symbolizes the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
BWXT Vice President Becomes Chief Administrative Officer
Lynchburg, Va. -based BWX Technologies has promoted Richard Loving to the newly created post of senior vice president and chief administrative officer (CAO). Loving has been senior vice president for human resources at BWXT since mid-2016. He has about 40 years… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Huntington Ingalls Picks New Columbia Program Director
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) said Monday it has appointed Brandi Smith as program director for the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class submarine program at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. There was no incumbent Columbia program director at… 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
Correction
The story “Centerra Parent Downgraded by Credit Raters, Signs Forbearance Agreement” (Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, Vol. 24, No. 03, Jan. 17, 2020) should have reported that Centerra’s paramilitary security contract extension at the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]