Vol. 25, No. 42 
CNS Staying at Y-12, Pantex Through March
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Active NNSA COVID Cases Trend Flat Year Over Year; More Fatalities Since September
The roughly 250 confirmed, active COVID-19 cases across the National Nuclear Security Administration’s complex at the end of October was only a little higher than the number the agency recorded for the corresponding week of 2020 but down by about half from the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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National Laboratories
Small Group of Religious Refusers Sue Over LANL Vaccine Mandate in Federal Court
Eight Los Alamos employees who refused to get a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination have sued the lab’s operations contractor in federal court asked a judge Friday to put the mandate on hold, court papers filed this week show. All eight of the plaintiffs received a religious exemption to Los Alamos’s vaccine mandate, which called for anyone […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Amentum Buying PAE in Deal Valued at $1.9B, Barring Last-Minute Suitors
Maryland-based Amentum, a major player in the Department of Energy’s weapons complex, announced this week it is buying another federal contractor, Virginia-based PAE in a cash transaction valued at $1.9-billion. The acquisition, which includes Amentum’s assumption… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Lockheed’s Loss of UK Atomic Weapons Biz is Biggest Headwind of Year So Far
Lockheed Martin on this week reported lower sales in its third quarter and reduced its outlook for revenue for 2021 with further declines expected in 2022 before rebounding to growth beginning in 2023. Combined with the depressed sales outlook at least through… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Structural Work on Main UPF Building Wraps; Electricity Building After New Year’s
Crews finished building the structure of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s next-generation, secondary-stage factory in September and the compound’s electrical hub is scheduled to be completed in around January, the site prime contractor said recently. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Non-Proliferation
Huizenga Stepping Aside as NA-3; Taking Advisory Role at NNSA on Possible Iran Deal Return
David Huizenga, the Department of Energy’s defense-nuclear do-it-all, is stepping aside as the National Nuclear Security Administration’s top career civil servant to become a senior advisor to the nuclear-weapons sub-agency’s administrator, initially focusing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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National Laboratories
Ex-Sandian “Shamelessly” Shirked Responsibility in Fraud Case, Imperiling Sentencing Leniency, Government Says
A former Sandia National Laboratories employee’s maneuvering for a lighter prison sentence has the government wondering whether the ex-Sandian should receive any sentencing leniency at all, according to a Friday court filing. Joshua Cordova has acted “shamelessly”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Enviros Fight to Keep Pit Lawsuit in Court; NNSA Says Congress’ Mandate Means No Pause for Pits
Environmental groups from California, New Mexico and South Carolina are fighting to keep their lawsuit to slow plutonium-pit production from being thrown out of court and claimed this week that Congress’ mandate to produce pits does not prevent further environmental… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
Washington State Congressman Seeks Job Protection for Unvaccinated Feds With Antibodies
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) has introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to prevent unvaccinated federal workers and contractors from being fired if they provide proof of COVID–19 antibodies. Newhouse, whose congressional district includes the Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]