Vol. 25, No. 30 
‘Minimally Sufficient’ FY22 NNSA Budget Proposal Squeaks by House in Floor Vote
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Defense & Military
NNSA’s ’22 Budget Request Barely Adequate, Joint Pentagon-DOE Group Tells Congress
The roughly 1% annual increase the Joe Biden administration proposed for civilian nuclear weapons programs is “minimally sufficient” to keep warhead and bomb modernization on track in 2022, but maybe not beyond, a joint Pentagon-Department of Energy nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Life Extension Programs
As Part of NDAA, Armed Services Panel Wants Briefing on NNSA Review of B61-12, W 88 Alt-370 Delays
A House Armed Services panel this week called for a briefing about delays to a bomb and warhead refurb at the National Nuclear Security Administration and a new report on planned subcritical testing facilities. The strategic forces subcommittee wrote the requirements… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Final Bids for Pantex, Y-12 Management Pact Due Aug. 9
Bidders for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s potentially 10-year, $30-billion contract to manage two of the country’s main nuclear-weapons production sites have until the second week of August to turn in their final proposals, the agency said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Unvaccinated Feds, On-Site Contractors Face Restrictions; Masks Mandatory Indoors for All at DOE Buildings;
Federal employees and on-site contractors without COVID-19 vaccinations will have to mask up at all locations on government property and get COVID-19 tests once a week or more, the Joe Biden administration announced this week amid a surge in 19 cases. “Every federal government employee and onsite contractor will be asked to attest to their […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Active COVID-19 Cases at NNSA Hit High for Year in July; Vaccinations Plateau
Active COVID-19 cases at the National Nuclear Security Administration had spiked to a two-month high in July by Friday after reaching their lowest level of the year earlier in the same month, according to data provided by agency headquarters in Washington. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Hruby Officially on the Job as Sixth NNSA Administrator
Jill Hruby was sworn in this week as the sixth administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, she wrote in a Twitter post on the official government account for the nuclear-weapons agency’s leader. Today, surrounded by my family, I was sworn in as #NNSA Administrator by @SecGranholm. Leading the dedicated professionals who work tirelessly to […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Rose Confirmed as Principal Deputy Administrator of NNSA
By voice vote on Thursday, the Senate confirmed Frank Rose as principal deputy administration of the National Nuclear Security Administration, providing a backstop for Administrator Jill Hruby, who was confirmed last week. It took a little more than three months… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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National Laboratories
Craft Strike Ends at Livermore
Some 200 craft workers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California wrapped up a three-day strike on Thursday to protest what they called the lab management contractor’s unwillingness to bargain over a mandatory on-call policy. The Society of Professionals, Scientists and Engineers (SPSE) Local 11 – University Professional and Technical Employees, Communications Workers of […]