Vol. 24, No. 38 
Teaming Arrangements Taking Shape for Y-12, Pantex Contract Recompete
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
NNSA May Need to Ready First GBSD Warhead Variant for Tests in 3 Years, AF Official Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration may need to start qualifying the W87 warhead for service aboard Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Missiles in roughly three years, the Air Force’s program director for the next-generation nuke launcher said Thursday. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Picks Up More COVID-19 Cases, but Recoveries Outpace New Infections
The National Nuclear Security Administration picked up nearly 40 new confirmed COVID-19 cases this week, but recoveries well outstripped new infections, leaving the nuclear-weapon steward with six fewer active cases, at deadline Friday. The semi-autonomous Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
Budgets Frozen at 2020 Levels Through Dec. 11; NNSA Gets Far Less Than Requested
Federal agencies remained open for business this week, after President Donald Trump signed a stopgap budget bill that freezes most federal budgets at 2020 levels through Dec. 11 — meaning the National Nuclear Security Administration’s nuclear weapons portfolio… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Warhead & Weapons Development
NNSA Definitely Continuing UPF Construction, Wednesday Environmental Decision Shows
Not that it ever stopped, but the National Nuclear Security Administration this week officially reaffirmed its decision to continue building the Uranium Processing Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The long-expected news, delivered… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Transuranic Waste
Livermore Making Waste Shipments to WIPP
For the first time in 15 years, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California is making shipments of transuranic waste to the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, a lab spokesman said this week. Three shipments left Lawrence… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Former DNFSB Chair Used Procedural Tactics to Extend Substandard COVID-19 Response Plan, Audit Says
The former chair of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board used procedural tactics to block board approval of a COVID-19 response plan that complied with federal best practices, the inspector general of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said. The independent… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
OSI Systems Acquires Nuclear Security Company Nucsafe
OSI Systems acquired the radiation detection company Nucsafe in a deal that expands its products and customer footprint in the nuclear security market. Terms of the transaction, which was conducted by OSI’s subsidiary American Science & Engineering, were… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Nuke Counter Spots Construction of Weapons Generation Facility at F.E Warren
A non-government group using commercial satellite imagery believes it caught the start of structural construction on a new, highly-secure nuclear-weapon storage facility at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. “A satellite image taken in August and obtained… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]