Vol. 27, No. 32 
Automatically shut down because of low steam, Watts Bar reactor back up at 100 percent
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
High marks for Y-12 fire protection systems in recent inspection
Consolidated Nuclear Security set up a reliable fire suppression system and procedures at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., according to a recent assessment by the Department of Energy’s Office of Enterprise Assessments. The Bechtel National-led… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
NNSA’s Albuquerque research campus earns agency’s first sustainable design badge
A National Nuclear Security Administration facility in Albuquerque, N.M., received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, a first for any of the agency’s roughly 1,000 buildings. The John A.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Jacobs reports lower earnings, higher revenue in its third fiscal quarter
Earnings fell at Jacobs, Dallas, in the third quarter of its fiscal 2023 year as the international engineer company continued to move toward a sale of its government contracting business. Net earnings for the quarter ended June 30 were $164 million, or $1.29 a… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus CFO to retire by end of month
After almost four years on the job, Philip Strawbridge on Aug. 4 announced he would retire as Centrus Energy Corp.’s chief financial officer by the end of the month. Strawbridge, who was 64 when he took the job, has served as a senior vice president, chief financial… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & […]
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International
Amid war, Europe’s largest nuclear plant cools down
Personnal at Ukraine’s besieged Zaphorizhzhia nuclear power plant continued to power down some of the plant’s reactors this week when a water leak was detected from a steam generator and amidst continued threats to the facility’s external power supply. Plant… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
Workers pull all-nighter to pour first slab for new Pantex high-explosives facility
Construction continues around the clock on the High Explosives Science and Engineering facility at the Pantex Plant in Texas, where the first of three massive concrete slabs were recently poured during an all-night construction binge. Crews recently placed the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Judge opts for shortcut in case of alleged wage withholding by CNS as plaintiffs flounder
A federal judge will rule on a request from Consolidated Nuclear Security to throw out a suit brought by employees who allege, in a suit that has ground on for three years amid the plaintiffs’ failure to retain a lawyer, that the contractor improperly withheld wages from workers in Tennessee. Judge Katherine Crytzer did not […]
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National Laboratories
Wrap up: Granholm hits LANL; Ukraine assistance; Livermore ignites again and more
On Friday, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm will travel to New Mexico to tour Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to meet with the lab’s workers, the agency wrote in a press release. While at Los Alamos, Granholm will meet Field Office Manager Ted Wyka, LANL Director Thom Mason, and NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor will be not be published on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023 and Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, as part of the Exchange Monitor’s annual August recess. SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username Password Remember Me […]