Vol. 24, No. 45 
Fatal COVID Case Reported at Los Alamos as NNSA Records Pandemic’s Biggest Week-to-Week Jump in Cases
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Watts Bar 2 to Start Weapons Tritium Production When Current Refueling Outage Wraps
When the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear reactor reactivates from a refueling outage that started Oct. 26, it will begin producing tritium for nuclear weapons for the first time, a National Nuclear Security Administration spokesperson said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Nuke Abolition Losing Message on Election Day, House Armed Services Chair Tells Disarmament Advocates
The chair of the House Armed Services Committee had bitter medicine in a big spoon for disarmament advocates Wednesday: getting rid of nuclear weapons is a losing message that may have cost Democrats a chance to slow down procurement of next-generation, nuclear-tipped… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Nuclear Weapons Council Needs More DOE Influence, Ex-NNSA Boss Says
On Wednesday, as Congress prepared for final negotiations on a must-pass bill that could increase the Pentagon’s say over civilian nuclear-weapons programs, the former head of those programs said the defense department needs less, not more, sway over such matters. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Early Buys for Columbia Submarine Components Possible, Caldwell Says
In what could be a boon to submarine subcontractors and the broader nuclear-naval industry, the Navy is looking at buying components for Columbia-class submarines, especially boats that will follow the two already under contract, a little earlier, the head of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Cooperating on Nukes Better Than Sharing Them, Navy Strat Systems Chief Says
The Navy is happy to share knowledge about weapons with the Air Force, so long as it does not actually have to share a nuclear weapon with the Air Force, the sea service’s director for strategic systems programs said this week. “I think a couple years ago,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & […]
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National Laboratories
New Mexico Biding its Time With Permits for LANL Tritium Venting
By John Stang The state of New Mexico has lately been noncommittal about when it might approve a pair of permits the Los Alamos National Laboratory needs to vent tritium gas into the atmosphere. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the venting,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus Held to Loss in Q3, Expects Big Fourth Quarter; Enrichment Demo Still on Schedule
Typical lumpiness in contracts with utilities held uranium fuel-broker and technology developer Centrus Corp. to a net loss in the third quarter of 2020, but the company expects to close out the year with a revenue bang, CEO Daniel Poneman told investors recently. Also,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
GAO Takes Victory Lap for Contribution to MFFF Cancelation, Savings
The Government Accountability Office took a victory lap for a series of investigations it made into the now-cancelled Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., saying the move saved some $13 billion. “Construction of the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
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