Vol. 28, No. 21 
House committee passess NDAA; legally binding pit dates, ICBM minimum, stand
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Nunn-McCurdy process proposed for NNSA in House committees defense bill; new Sentinel oversight
Early Wednesday, lawmakers approved an amendment to study use of a Nunn-McCurdy-type oversight process for the National Nuclear Security Administration. In an uncontroversial en bloc amendment package to the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Rep.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Stockpile Stewardship
Livermore fires underground subcritical experiment at Nevada site
On May 14, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory completed the first in the Nimble series of underground subcritical experiments at the Nevada National Security Site, according to a press release. The subcritical experiment was conducted at the Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experimentation, also known as the U1a Complex. In June 2023, a senior Livermore […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Mo. house passes bill providing tax break for KC nuclear weapons workers
On Friday, the Missouri House passed a bill offering tax breaks to expand the National Nuclear Security Administration’s nuclear-weapons-parts plant in Kansas City. “This is a huge economic benefit for Kansas City,” Rep. Chris Brown (R-Kansas City), who sponsored… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Biden intends to nominate Ike White for DNFSB post
President Joe Biden said Thursday afternoon he plans to nominate William Isaac (Ike) White, acting head of Department of Energy nuclear cleanup since mid-2019, to become a member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. News of the planned nomination, in a White House press release, comes only three weeks prior to when White would […]
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International
US National Security Adviser meets with Saudi officials amid talk of nuclear deal
After President Biden’s national security adviser met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman this weekend, the Saudi foreign ministry said Sunday the Kingdom was close to finalizing a security deal with the U.S. Official statements by the White… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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International
Iranian media says president, foreign minister dead in helicopter crash
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Sunday died in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran, Iranian state media reported. The fatal crash happened about a month after Iran’s drone-and-missile attack against Israel… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Non-Proliferation
Wrap up: IAEA reports trafficking incidents in 2023; Uranium waiver guidelines; ICONS conference
The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency released a factsheet on their Incident and Trafficking Database on Monday, citing 168 incidents in 2023 in 31 States. The IAEA Incident and Trafficking Database (ITDB) contains information on smuggling or otherwise… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]