Vol. 26, No. 46 
Perfect storm of labor, material, pandemic drove delays to Uranium Processing Facility NNSA administrator says
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Stockpile Stewardship
Construction costs of subcritical lab in Nevada inching up, IG says
The cost of the next subcritical nuclear testing facility in Nevada crept up a little, according to an audit report published Monday by the Department of Energy’s Inspector General. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) now projects a maximum combined… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Naval Reactors official departs for nuclear-cleanup office
Jeff Avery, a longtime manager with the Office of Naval Reactors, has been selected as the new second-in-command at the Department of Energy’s $7.8-billion Office of Environmental Management. Avery, current director of regulatory and security affairs with the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
NorthStar wraps constructions on medical isotope factory in Wisconsin
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, Beloit, Wis., finished building a factory to produce, without the use of highly enriched uranium, the medically usable isotope Molybdenum-99, the National Nuclear Security Administration said Monday. NorthStar is one of several U.S. companies that have gotten money from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to expand domestic production of the isotope, […]
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Budget & Policy
Ho is new chief of staff at NNSA
Steven Ho is the new chief of staff to National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator Jill Hruby, Hruby said Thursday afternoon during a virtual forum. In his new role, Ho will be Hruby’s administrative point man at the semiautonomous Department of Energy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Woman in submarine scam appeals conviction
A Maryland woman just sentenced to prison for her role in attempting to sell U.S. nuclear submarine secrets to a foreign country has lodged an appeal, court documents filed Tuesday show. On Nov. 9, Diana Toebbe, 46, was sentenced to more than 21 years in prison… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence […]
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National Laboratories
Ex-LANL employee turned judge dead in apparent murder-suicide, sheriff says
A New Mexico judge who worked for more than a decade at the Los Alamos National Laboratory was apparently murdered by her husband, who then killed himself, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday. “Eric Pinkerton is believed to have shot his wife… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]