Vol. 26, No. 25 
Thirty pits a year by 2030 or sooner; first pit in 2024, Los Alamos weapons chief says
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Plutonium Pit Production
House Appropriators approve more money for NNSA pits; take from research, nonproliferation
The House Appropriations Committee late Thursday approved a bill that would give the National Nuclear Security Administration a slightly larger 2024 budget than requested, owing mostly to added funding for a plutonium pit plant being built in South Carolina. After… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
House Committee nixes plan to repeal binding pit-production targets; authorizes $24B for NNSA
Early Thursday, a House committee approved a bill to cap National Nuclear Security Administration spending in 2024 at about $23.8 billion and blocked a plan to repeal legal deadlines to make new nuclear weapon cores. The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Employees suing over lost wages restate case against CNS, again seek class-action status
Employees suing Consolidated Nuclear Security over allegedly withheld wages responded late last week to the company’s request that a court throw the case out, again arguing that the contractor shorted them a paycheck in 2017. Plaintiffs James Myers, James Young… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Honeywell dinged for conducting firearms training at too-hot Kansas City firing range
The Department of Energy is wagging its enforcement finger at Honeywell, which manages five of its nuclear security sites, for conducting firearms training for security personnel in sweltering heat at the Kansas City National Security Campus. On May 11, 2022,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Non-Proliferation
Wrap up: NNSA at P5 meeting; Hruby at test ban con; Minimal DOE impact after cyber attack
Personnel from the National Nuclear Security Administration and the State Department met recently with counterparts from the five Nuclear Weapons States to discuss strategic risk reduction and stemming the spread of nuclear weapons. Chaired by the U.S. delegation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]