Vol. 27, No. 45 
Amentum-Jacobs merger narrows field of Pantex management hopefuls
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
After an eight-year run, Centrus CEO Poneman out on Jan. 1
Centrus Energy on Monday announced that Chief Executive Daniel Poneman will step down from leadership of the uranium broker and enrichment technology developer at the first of the year. He will be succeeded by Orano USA President and Chief Executive Amir Vexler on January 1. Poneman joined Centrus in March 2015 and over eight […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Most DNFSB staff respect the top bosses; work remotely much of the time
Based on a survey taken mid-year, 72% of the staff at the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board have a “high level of respect” for senior leaders, which is the best score on this question in about four years at the independent federal watchdog for Department of Energy nuclear weapon sites. The figure reached 69% of […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
Comment period to open for Los Alamos power supply upgrades on federal forest land
The comment period for the Los Alamos National Laboratory Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade Project Draft Environmental Assessment opens Dec. 19 and runs through Jan. 17. The draft assessment analyzes the construction and operation of a new 115-kilovolt power transmission line and upgrades to the lab’s existing electrical infrastructure. “Los Alamos requires a reliable and redundant […]
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International
Power temporarily cut to one of Ukraine nuclear plant’s six reactors
One of the six reactors at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant lost power for about an hour and a half last week, causing an emergency diesel generator to kick in to provide electricity for cooling and other functions, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. Plant personnel continue to investigate what caused the 90-minute power outage […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
France test-fires new bM51.3 sub-launched missile over Atlantic
France successfully test-fired an M51.3 long-range submarine-launched ballistic missile, without a nuclear warhead aboard, over the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 18. The test firing was conducted by the General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) from the Ballistic Launch Site (BLB) in Biscarrosse in southwest France. The flight comes just seven months after the successful acceptance test […]
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Non-Proliferation
Wrap up: Senators concerned with NNSA counterintelligence; hackers hit Idaho Lab; bears at Los Alamos and more
Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and several of his Republican colleagues are raising concerns over a “troubling report on the state of the counterintelligence enterprise” at the Department of Energy and of the subsequent reassignment of Director Steven Black, who led the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence for eleven years. In a Nov. 21 statement, the […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Publication Notice
In observance of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor will publish on Wednesday, Nov. 22. The next issue will be published on Friday, Dec. 1.