Vol. 27, No. 24 
Draft 2024 defense authorization bill would block W76-2 retirement, gate NNSA admin’s travel
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International
Ukrainian dam breach threatens cooling water supply to Europe’s largest nuclear plant
Last week’s breach of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine threatens the stability of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s largest, by draining a critical source of coolant water, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. The breach of the dam early… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
NRC gives Centrus green light for high assay low-enriched uranium demo
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has given the go-ahead for Centrus to demonstrate production of high assay low-enriched uranium at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site near Piketon, Ohio. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Regional Administrator Laura… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Budget & Policy
House’s draft DOE budget has small boost for nuclear weapons modernization
Civilian nuclear weapons programs would get a little more funding than requested in fiscal year 2024 if a bill sent to the House Appropriations Committee this week becomes law. The House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee’s version of the Department of Energy’s fiscal 2024 spending bill would provide $48.8 billion overall for the agency, […]
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Life Extension Programs
Livermore, Sandia complete second temperature test of W80-4 warhead
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories have successfully performed a second joint abnormal thermal environment test for the W80-4 Life Extension Program, the labs recently announced. Carried out April 5 at Sandia’s Cross Wind… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap up: No TikTok at DOE; NNSA’s sketchy cyber security; global nuke spending and more
Department of Energy employees and contractors are no longer allowed to use the popular short-video app TikTok “or any successor application or service” from the Chinese-owned company ByteDance on government devices. The prohibition is law, as of the passing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]