Vol. 26, No. 49

Budget & Policy

NNSA budget up all around in full-year omnibus spending bill

Civilian nuclear weapons programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration will almost all get year-over-year raises in excess of what the White House requested under an omnibus 2023 spending proposal poised to become law this week. The Senate voted 68-to-29… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    NNSA approaching final environmental hurdles for surplus plutonium; plans public hearings after holidays

    Inching forward with plans to dispose of surplus plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the National Nuclear Security Administration plans public hearings after New Year’s on its just-released draft environmental review of the project, the agency said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Stockpile Stewardship

    After ‘various delays,’ Livermore subcritical series to run through fiscal 2026

    Two of the three shots in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Nimble series of subcritical experiments should fire by early fiscal year 2024, with the third and final to follow not more than two years after, a lab spokesperson said this week. “It is… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    NNSA has Nuclear Fuel Services under contract for uranium conversion, purification

    Right in time for Christmas, the National Nuclear Security Administration put Nuclear Fuel Services under contract to produce uranium metal for nuclear weapons programs, according to a procurement note published Monday. The agency’s announcement Monday moves… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    New Mexico wants firm closure date for WIPP; public comment open on mine’s new draft permit

    The New Mexico Environment Department on Tuesday kicked off a 60-day comment period on a 10-year permit renewal for the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, with the state fighting the federal government’s attempt to keep the mine’s closure… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Clarification

    The story “Pantex building returning to explosive testing after years of semi-retirement” [Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, Vol. 26, No. 48] should have said that a recently reactivated facility at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Publication notice

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