Vol. 26, No. 04 
PF-4 Worker Had Internal Contamination After Another Apparent Glove Box Breach
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Transuranic Waste
Summer Shipments of Downblended Plutonium to WIPP Still Possible, DOE Says
The Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina should be ready to start shipping certain transuranic waste from downblended plutonium to its underground disposal site in New Mexico by the end of the summer, an agency official told the Savannah… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Loss of British Nuke Biz a Blip in Lockheed’s 2021 Earnings
Losing Britain’s nuclear weapons business took a small bite out of Lockheed Martin’s 2021 earnings, which fell overall for the year, despite underlying signs of strength in operations, the company reported this week. Despite the renationalization of the United… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Northop Boosted by GBSD Biz but Misses Analyst Estimates for 2021
Northrop Grumman’s 2021 revenue showed a $1-billion bump from the ramp-up of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent nuclear-tipped, intercontinental ballistic missile program, the company reported this week in its latest annual 10-K filing with the Securities and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Non-Proliferation
NNSA to Buy Leonardo Helicopters for Counterterrorsim Office
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s counterterrorism office planned to replace its Bell-made helicopters with a pair of Leonardo-made aircraft, according to a contract award posted online this week. The roughly $35.5-million award covers “two (2)… 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
Cooper, Chair of Armed Services Panel With Nuke Jurisdiction, to Leave Congress
After state lawmakers broke up his district, Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), the chair of the Armed Forces panel that writes the first drafts of nuclear-weapon policy each year, will retire from Congress when his term ends in January 2023, he said this week. “There’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Progressive Lawmakers Lead Letter Writing Campaign Calling on Biden to Can Low-Yield Nukes
Progressive leading lights in both houses of Congress led a letter-writing campaign urging President Joe Biden this week to use his imminent Nuclear Posture Review to cancel deployed and planned low-yield nukes. Canceling the planned low-yield, sea-launched nuclear-tipped… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
Round Up: NIF in Nature; No First Use in SASC; Kastner in HII Top Spot; More
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory this week promoted a new article in Nature that detailed some of the foundational work at the National Ignition Facility over the last two years that paved the way for August’s record-setting energy output at the facility,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]