Vol. 27, No. 13 
Labor shortage outlasts COVID, delays nuclear-weapons infrastructure, NNSA administrator says
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Senators still favor nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile that was zeroed out in Biden budget
The Biden Administration’s desire to cancel a new lower-yield nuclear submarine-launched cruise missile still doesn’t sit well with the leadership of the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee. Both subcommittee Chair Sen. Angus King (I-Maine)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus may be ready to begin demonstration of uranium-enriching gas centrifuge in May
Centrus plans to introduce uranium hexafluoride into its new high assay, low enriched uranium cascade in Ohio around May 22, according to a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from the company. The commission published the letter online Tuesday. The missive… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Non-Proliferation
Belgium converts medical isotope production to low-enriched uranium, removing proliferation opportunity
Belgium can use low-enriched uranium to produce a valuable medical isotope instead of the highly-enriched uranium it used to import from the United States for that purpose, the National Nuclear Security Administration said Tuesday. Converting Belgium’s National… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Savannah River transfers first batch of spent uranium from new de-inventory program
After several years of planning, the initial discard of uranium solution from the new Accelerated Basin De-inventory program at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., was successfully transferred to the SRS liquid waste program from the H Canyon Chemical Separations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Budget & Policy
DNFSB still looking for operations exec, board tells Congress in annual report
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is still looking for a successor to its first executive director of operations, who left in August, the board said in a recent report to Congress. “The board is actively recruiting to fill that vacancy in 2023,” according… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]
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National Laboratories
Wrap up: Finger amputation investigation; New PNNL lab director; U.S. stops sharing nuke data with Russia and more
The Department of Energy’s Office of Enterprise Assessments enforcement office is launching an investigation into the amputation of a worker’s finger at the Savannah River Site on Dec. 1, according to a letter sent to site President and CEO Stuart MacVean. Dated… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]