Vol. 25, No. 44

Contracts & Procurement

Department of Energy Cancels Savannah River Site Contract Competition, Citing NNSA Missions

Before it even started, the Department of Energy this week cancelled a competition for a Savannah River Site management and operations contract worth billions, citing an increase of National Nuclear Security Administration nuclear weapons work at the site. “The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
  • Decommissioning

    D&D Project for Pits at PF-4 Targeted for 2025 Wrap

    A major subproject to clear out space for new pit-manufacturing equipment at the Los Alamos National Laboratory will cost about $530 million and finish ripping up old glove boxes and equipment by 2025 or so, a lab spokesperson said. In the decontamination and decommissioning… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]

  • National Laboratories

    Judge Won’t Block LANL Vax Mandate Yet, Compels Refusers to Arbitration With Lab

    Declining to block the lab’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a judge ruled Monday that Los Alamos National Laboratory Employees who will not take a required COVID-19 vaccine and are unsatisfied with receiving unpaid leave as their religious exemption from the shot… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    Centrus Sees Boost on Pension Settlement in Q3; Revenue Rises Across Segments

    Centrus Energy Corp., Bethesda, Md., on Wednesday posted net income of about $41.5 million, or $2.95 a share for the 2021 third quarter, up from a loss of $7 million or 83 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Quarterly revenue was about $91 million, up from more… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security […]

  • Decommissioning

    Defense Board Still on DOE Over Building-235, Wants Annual Briefing on D&D

    The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is still hammering the Department of Energy about a nearly decade-old recommendation to stiffen safety requirements at Savannah River Site’s Building 235-F to avoid a plutonium release from the aging structure. In a… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    Aussie Nuke Subs Will be Based on Existing Design; Due Diligence Done With U.S., Ambassador Says

    Australia will modify an existing submarine design when it acquires nuclear propulsion under the new AUKUS trilateral partnership with the United Kingdom and the U.S., Canberra’s ambassador to the states said in a virtual presentation this week. “We didn’t… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • International

    Round Up: NNSA Leadership at SRS; U.S.-China Nuke Dialog; DOE at SC21; More

    Amid some intra-agency controversy about the site’s contractual future, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Jill Hruby visited the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., this week, the agency tweeted. Frank Rose, the deputy administrator,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Editor’s Note: The New Exchangemonitor.com 

    Exchangemonitor.com has refreshed its website and now posts news and commentary from across the defense- and civilian-nuclear industries in (near) real time.  If you haven’t gotten used to checking exchangemonitor.com throughout the day, we could hardly blame… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

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