Vol. 25, No. 09 
Nuclear Fuel Services Gets $57M NNSA Contract to Prep for Weapons Uranium Work in Tennessee
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Watts Bar 2 Tritium Production Less Than Expected in 2021; Reactor Has ‘Degraded Steam Generator’
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar Unit 2 reactor, which began producing tritium for nuclear weapons on Nov. 19, will irradiate a bit more than half as many tritium-producing rods as hoped in fiscal year 2021, the National Nuclear Security Administration… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
GOP Nuke Hawks Swoop Down on Pentagon Policy Nominee Over GBSD Waffling
Nuclear hawks lit into Colin Kahl, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Pentagon’s top policy post, after Kahl declined to offer unconditional support for key missile modernization programs during a Thursday hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee. Sens.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Pair of Hill Progressives Lodge Latest Appeal for GBSD Delay, Cancellation
Progressive lawmakers Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) this week urged President Joe Biden to scale back nuclear modernization efforts, including pausing development of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program and canceling new and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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National Laboratories
Budil Officially Taking Over as Livermore Director
Kim Budil took over as the 13th director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California this week. The younger of the two nuclear weapons design laboratories announced the change at top in late January. Budil replaced William Goldstein, who retired… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
New COVID Cases at NNSA Fall to Four-Month Low
Active confirmed COVID-19 cases among civilian nuclear weapons workers declined for a sixth straight week, according to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s tally of cases among its federal and contractor personnel. The semiautonomous Department of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Budget & Policy
GAO Lets Up a Little on NNSA in Latest High-Risk Report
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has improved oversight of contracts and operations since last year, but the semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency could stand to do more, the Government Accountability Office said this week… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
Skelton Joins DOE as Senior Adviser
Karen Skelton has been named a senior adviser to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, DOE announced this week in a press release. Skelton comes to the Joe Biden administration from California, where she spent the last decade as the CEO and founder of Skelton Strategies,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]