Vol. 25, No. 20

Contracts & Procurement

Bechtel, Fluor, Leading SRS Bids

Bechtel, Reston, Va., and Fluor, Irving, Texas, are leading separate bids for the potentially $10-year, $21.5 billion management and operations contract for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site, people familiar with the competitive landscape said this… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    More Vaccinations at NNSA Sites; DOE Eases Mask Rules for Vaccinated

    COVID vaccination levels climbed at the Sandia National Laboratories this week and appeared to be headed toward a plateau at National Nuclear Security Administration production sites and the Nevada National Security Site, according to agency data. Across the agency’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Plutonium Pit Production

    Senators Probe Acting NNSA Chief About Livermore Pits, Foreign Uranium

    In a budget hearing that was mostly a best-of, a couple Senators asked the acting head of the National Nuclear Security Administration about alternative means of meeting the mission objectives of the day, including by producing pits at the Lawrence Livermore National… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]

  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    California Congressman Again Calls for Pause on GBSD

    Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), a reliable vote against the nuclear-modernization status quo in the House Armed Services Committee, told disarmament advocates this week that the Joe Biden administration should pause development of the next U.S. intercontinental… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    Tussle Over WIPP Shaft Plays Out Separately From Permit Renewal

    A three-day New Mexico Environment Department hearing on the need for a new underground shaft for the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant kicked off this week with a lawyer for DOE saying the case is not about a life extension for the transuranic… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! […]

  • Plutonium Pit Production

    Round Up: Savannah River Pits; Columbia Reactor; CNS Cost Savings Callout

    The planned Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility will wrap up its critical decision 1 review in “mid-June,” the acting administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration told Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor this week. Acting Administrator… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

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