Vol. 28, No. 25

Budget & Policy

Senate NDAA for 2025 has $25B for NNSA; Dems block floor vote until July

The Senate Armed Services Committee overwhelmingly approved a National Defense Authorization Act that would authorize more than requested for the National Nuclear Security Administration, but a floor vote on the bill will wait until after July 4. Senate Democrats… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Senate defense authorization bill to wait until after July 4 for floor vote

    Lawmakers’ $923.3 billion defense authorization bill will wait for a floor vote until after the July 4 recess, the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee said this week. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) told reporters after the body’s weekly policy lunches… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    Markey rails on nonproliferation changes in major nuke reform bill Senate sent to WH this week

    After nearly a year of bicameral debate and dealing, the Senate on Tuesday passed a bill designed to ease exports of U.S. nuclear technology and reform the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It was an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, opposed only by two of the voting… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Senate inches closer to vote on Lee’s DNFSB nomination

    The U.S. Senate made some parliamentary moves that could pave the way for a Department of Energy manager from the Savannah River National Laboratory, Patricia Lee, to receive a voice vote on her nomination to the Defense Nuclear Facilities. A cloture motion was… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    NAS report makes recommendations for radiological security, NNSA agrees, alludes to new program

    The National Academies of Sciences recommended in a report that the National Nuclear Security Administration enhance the security of radiological materials by prioritizing research funding and engaging in cooperation with low- and middle-income countries already… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Stockpile Stewardship

    LLNL uses quantum computing to collect data for stockpile stewardship

    Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California developed an algorithm to simulate nuclear reaction rates, which are tough to make in a lab, to collect data to maintain the nuclear weapons stockpile, according to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Global nuclear weapons spending up 13%, led by U.S. defense budget, antis say

    Global spending on nuclear weapons increased by 13% in 2023, according to the latest annual report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons group, reaching $91.4 billion that year with a world-leading $51.5 billion spent in the U.S.  This 2023… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Exchange Monitor’s Nuclear Energy Security Summit is next week in Washington

    The Exchange Monitor planned to hold its second annual Nuclear Energy Security Summit next week in Washington on June 26-27. Among the scheduled speakers were Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), chair of the House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Wrap Up: Trump’s Advisor says test nukes; TVA paperwork milestone; Y-12 requests graphite ovens; More

    Former President Donald Trump’s (R) national security advisor Robert O’brien argued the U.S. must test nuclear weapons again outside of a computer model in an article he published in Foreign Affairs. O’brien said that if China and Russia continue to refuse… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]

  • News & Analysis

    Corrections

    The story “House passes NDAA sans RECA, restores B-52 nuke capabilities” (Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, Vol. 28, No. 24) should have said the House of Representatives passed its version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. The story… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

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