Vol. 26, No. 21 
Paducah contract with DUF4 for NNSA out for bids
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA administrator talks posture review, war in Ukraine, radical change in the enterprise during annual meeting of labs professionals
In a virtual address to a gathering of nuclear weapons professionals on Thursday, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration touted the White House’s Nuclear Posture Review for its support of civilian nuclear weapon programs, advocated for more… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
‘Tough fights’ ahead on nuclear sea launched cruise missile, B-83, Armed Services chair says
The leader of the House Armed Services Committee said Monday he sees “tough fights” ahead over President Biden’s proposals to cut the Navy’s nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile program and retire B-83 gravity bombs as Congress takes up the next defense… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
SRS-area congressman asks appropriators to keep pits whole, reject proposed H-Canyon cut
A Georgia congressman released a written request that House appropriators accept the White House’s funding request for the Savannah River Site’s proposed plutonium pit factory and reject a proposed cut for the site’s H-Canyon chemical separations plant. Rep.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Non-Proliferation
DOE sites took shipments of Japanese HEU from reactors in March
Some nonproliferation news came out of President Joe Biden’s first trip to Asia this week, when Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced the Savannah River Site and Y-12 National Security complex had taken delivery of a combined 30 kilograms… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
As decades-long modernization slog ramps up, GAO looks into advanced manufacturing across NNSA enterprise
The National Nuclear Security Administration could do a better job tracking the performance of some $300 million worth of research and development activities in its Advanced Manufacturing Development program, the Government Accountability Office wrote in a report… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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National Laboratories
Cerro Pelado fire 92% contained; Sandia wildfire forced evacuation of DOE National Training Center
The big Cerro Pelado wildfire outside Los Alamos that has been burning for a month has grabbed the headlines, but it was neither the only wildfire in New Mexico nor the only one to break out near a National Nuclear Security Administration nuclear-weapons site recently. At… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Former SRS engineer hops over to defense board
Andrew Kline joined the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board on Monday as an on-site inspector for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C., the board announced Monday. Kline was previously a design engineer, operations process manager… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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International
Russian sanctions list includes many lawmakers with DOE nuclear connections
The Russian Federation — which in February again invaded neighboring Ukraine — on May 21 expanded a list of sanctions against U.S. citizens. Most, but not all, of these people are federal lawmakers and some of those federal lawmakers have a history of involvement… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]