Vol. 25, No. 07 
Biden Admin Should Seek Congressional Relief From Legally Binding Pit Deadlines, Ex-NNSA Deputy Says
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
More Vaccinations, Fewer Cases, but Two More COVID Deaths at NNSA
In a stark reminder that the pandemic is not over, even with confirmed cases falling across the nuclear security enterprise, two more National Nuclear Security Administration personnel died from COVID-19 this week. The two fatalities, one at the Savannah River… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
April Showers May Bring Pit Factory Milestones at LANL, SRS
By April, both of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s next-generation plutonium-pit factories should reach the critical decision 1 milestone that solidifies the long-conceptualized designs of the facilities intended to manufacture new nuclear-weapon… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Amid Vicious Cold Snap, Pantex Trimmed Staff Levels, Electricity Consumption
After winter weather crippled many parts of Texas’ electricity grid, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s nuclear weapons maintenance hub near Amarillo, Texas, decided to keep some personnel home during the first four days of this week. “In order… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
High Dose at Pantex Attributed to Lost Dosimeter
A building that handles high explosives at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, briefly shut down earlier this month after a worker’s dosimeter showed up with an unusually high dose — after it was “inadvertently lost” in the facility by its wearer, a spokesperson… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Disgruntled Ex-MSTS CFO Holds to SOX Claims; Again Asks Judge to Allow Lawsuit Against NNSA Contractor to Proceed
In what could be one of the final motions in the case before it heads toward a trial, the ex-chief financial officer of Mission Support and Tests Services repeated his argument that a federal anti-corruption law aimed at public companies applies to the private… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]
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Budget & Policy
Deputy DOE Nomination Lands in Senate
President Joe Biden’s nomination of David Turk to be the deputy secretary of energy remained in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at deadline Friday, with no hearing scheduled. A deputy assistant secretary of energy for international climate… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
Fischer Remains in Leadership Role on SASC Strategic Forces
The Senate Armed Services strategic forces committee will retain some of its nuclear backbone in the 117th Congress with Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), who has a major nuclear constituency in the form of the Triad’s land-based leg, retaining her leadership role. That’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Enviro Groups Drop Effort to End UPF Construction, Plan No Encore
A Tennessee environmental group is not planning to sue the National Nuclear Security Administration again over the Uranium Processing Facility, despite reserving the right to do so in a recent court filing. “[W]e have no plans at the current time to file additional… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Securitas JV Ousts Centerra at Savannah River
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management selected Hendon, Va.-based SRS Critical Infrastructure Security as the winner of the new Security Services Contract, potentially worth $1 billion over 10 years, at the Savannah River Site in South… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
With Budget Season Drawing Near, Northrop Grumman Touts GBSD Milestone
Northrop Grumman “successfully conducted its first major design review” for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent engineering and manufacturing development baseline last November, the company announced this week. Northrop touted the milestone as the new Joe… 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
A story in last week’s issue of Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor (“Jacobs’ Profits Edge Up in Q1; Revenue Stable,” Vol. 25 No. 06) should have said that Jacobs’ profits increased in the first quarter of 2021 on both an adjusted and unadjusted… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]