Vol. 26, No. 13

Plutonium Pit Production

NNSA seeks 60% boost for budget line that funds pits; eclipses expected increase for FY23

The National Nuclear Security Administration has requested a roughly 60% increase in fiscal year 2023 for the part of its budget that funds the rebuilding of critical nuclear-weapons production infrastructure including plutonium pits, a Department of Energy document… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
  • 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… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • 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,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]

  • 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. SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

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