Vol. 24, No. 40 
Next Y-12/Pantex Contract Won’t Draw Protest, Will Happen on Time, NNSA Acquisition Boss Says
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Warhead & Weapons Development
Complicated Restart of Niobium Alloy Production at Y-12 Could Delay Nuclear Weapons Deliveries, GAO Says
Future nuclear weapons programs will be delayed if the National Nuclear Security Administration is not able to produce depleted-uranium-niobium alloy ingots in Oak Ridge, Tenn., in the next three years, according to a report the Government Accountability Office… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
Vendor Again Connected With Glovebox Breach at Los Alamos; Lab Says No Quality Issue
Glovebox component vendor Central Research Laboratories, Red Wing, Minn., again popped up in connection with a glovebox breach at the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s PF-4 Plutonium Facility, this time after a close call involving a plutonium machining operator. On… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Another Jump in COVID-19 Cases for NNSA This Week
It was another week of climbing COVID-19 cases at the National Nuclear Security Administration at deadline Friday, when the agency saw new infections outpace recoveries and leave the civilian nuke steward with 33 active cases. Cases among National Nuclear Security… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Non-Proliferation
‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ on New START Appears to Fall Apart; Russia Seeks 1-Year Extension, No Strings
The Kremlin is open to a one-year extension of the New START nuclear arms control treaty, but not on the terms the White House has proposed, according to a widely translated Russian-language statement from Vladimir Putin, the Russian president. “I have a proposal,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Nun Who Breached Y-12 Perimeter Dies at 84
Sister Ardeth Platte, the nun who breached the perimeter of the Y-12 National Security Site in 2010 as part of an anti-nuclear protest, died in her sleep last week in Washington at age 84, media reported. Platte, by the time of her death a well-known anti-nuclear-weapons… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap Up: NA-1 Saw All the Sites; LANL Awardees
Touch ‘Em All: NNSA Administrator Rounds Out Tour of Nuclear Security Enterprise With visits this week to the Kansas City National Security Complex in Missouri and a pair of naval nuclear sites in New York, Lisa Gordon Hagerty, administrator of the National Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]