Vol. 27, No. 40 
NNSA kicks can on facility crucial to disposing of old warhead cores
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Defense & Military
Bi-partisan support for strategic posture report in Senate Armed Services Committee hearing
In a hearing Thursday, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee lauded a new report that recommends expanding the U.S. nuclear arsenal to counter Russian and Chinese nuclear weapons. The testimony of the leaders of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Non-Proliferation
No more bilateral treaties; stealth negotiation will key future arms control, ex-State advisor says
Future arms control agreements will be non-treaty accords that begin with “stealthy” conversations between diplomats willing to buck the status quo, a retired State Department official said in Washington at a government-sponsored forum named for him. Even before… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Stockpile Stewardship
Scorpius imager possible this decade, Sandia says
Despite worries within the nuclear security enterprise of “massive uncertainties” in its delivery date, the Scorpius x-ray imager might actually be ready later this decade, a spokesperson for the Sandia National Laboratories said last week. “The deterministic… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
And then there were 2 board members at DNFSB
With long-timer Jessie Hill Roberson’s Wednesday retirement from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the federal government’s independent safety watchdog for nuclear-weapon sites is down to two members. Chair Joyce Connery and Vice Chair Thomas Summers… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Senators want to see study about nuclear submarine industry now
A bipartisan group of senators this week went public with a request that President Joe Biden (D) compel the Navy to release a study they say is critical to oversight of a trilateral agreement to provide Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines. “We understand… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap up: Indictment alleges nuclear parts kickbacks, NA-1 on energy, climate security; Groundbreaking for Y-12 Lithium; Award for Budil
Two businessmen with companies doing work for the Department of Energy’s Kansas City National Security Campus allegedly carried out a kickback scheme involving nuclear weapons parts, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. Michael Clinesmith, 67, of Kansas,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]