Vol. 26, No. 13 
NNSA seeks 60% boost for budget line that funds pits; eclipses expected increase for FY23
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
WH teases Nuclear Posture Review in official one pager; no-first use a goner
A one-page Department of Defense fact sheet issued this week appeared to confirm that President Joe Biden would not declare a no-first use of nuclear weapons policy. “As long as nuclear weapons exist, the fundamental role of U.S. nuclear weapons is to deter nuclear attack on the United States, our allies, and partners,” reads the […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus was to bring HALEU cascade to brink of operations this week
Centrus Energy was to have its new enrichment cascade for high assay low-enriched uranium ready to start up by Thursday, according to recent regulatory filings by the Bethesda, Md., company. The uranium fuel broker and enrichment technology developer appended a letter contract with the Department of Energy to its latest 10-K filing with the Securities […]
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Non-Proliferation
30 minutes with Jay Tilden: NNSA counterterrorism office talks aircraft procurement
By Dan Parsons The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation, or NA-80, recently embarked the second and final phase of a refresh for its Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) air fleet: airplanes and helicopters the agency uses to gather data about nuclear accidents, incidents and potential radiological terror attacks. This week, […]
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International
Round Up: NNSA at NNSS; Non-pro mission to IAEA wraps; Local Y-12 man a lifesaver; more
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Jill Hruby spent some time at the Nevada National Security Site this week, according to a series of posts on official agency Twitter accounts. Hruby visited the site along with members of the NNSA Council, which includes representatives of several nuclear-weapon sites. The NNSA said this week it […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
CORRECTION
The story “Fed review of RLUOB recategorization in May” [Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, Vol. 26, No. 11] should have said the Radiological Laboratory/Utility/Office Building can legally accept just under 40 grams of plutonium at once.