Vol. 26, No. 22 
State Dept. official won’t endorse unilateral U.S. commitment to New START after treaty ends
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DUF6 incumbent gets six more months to accommodate competition for follow-on work with DUF4 element
The Atkins-led Mid-America Conversion Services will get six more months tacked onto its contract to process depleted uranium hexafluoride in Ohio and Kentucky while the Department of Energy solicits bids for a follow-on contract that will include new work for active… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE, DNFSB nail down details of board oversight in the Order 140.1 era
The Department of Energy and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board this week wrapped up key details of a memorandum of understanding they inked in February pledging full cooperation on safety at federal nuclear-weapons installations. The 19-page supplement… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
COVID cases quadruple at NNSA sites in May, mirroring national upswing at summer’s start
Confirmed, active cases of COVID-19 among contractors and civil servants working on site at National Nuclear Security Administration facilities more than quadrupled over the month of May, according to data provided Friday by a spokesperson at agency headquarters… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
Los Alamos to take delivery of new high-performance computer system in 2023
The Los Alamos National Laboratory’s new high-performance computing system, called Venado, assembled by Hewlett Packard and to be delivered in 2023, will be the first in the U.S. powered by the Grace central processing unit designed by Nvidia, the lab said. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Non-Proliferation
NNSA wrapping rad scans in Los Angeles ahead of Summit of the Americas
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s airborne, radiation-sniffing Nuclear Emergency Support Team was to wrap up four days of background sampling over Los Angeles on Saturday ahead of the ninth annual Summit of the Americas, the agency said. Ahead of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]