Vol. 28, No. 32 Senate appropriators won’t go along with House on UPF boost
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Budget & Policy
Senate appropriators advise $200 million add for Sentinel
While the U.S. Air Force says it is restructuring the Sentinel next generation nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile program, Senate appropriators are recommending adding $200 million in funds in fiscal 2025. The Senate Appropriations Committee would bump the $3.7 billion Air Force request for the Northrop Grumman Sentinel to $3.9 billion. The added $200 million would […]
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International
IAEA general expresses ‘concern’ over water level draining at Ukraine’s ZNPP
Availability of water at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, which is continually decreasing, is “important for nuclear security,” according to the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency. “The dwindling water levels in the cooling pond remains a potential source of concern, and we will continue to closely monitor and observe the situation at the […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Nuclear sector companies claw back from Monday stock market plunge
Publicly-traded companies involved with Department of Energy nuclear programs were not exempt from Monday’s stock market nosedive, although most rallied by the close of trading Thursday. Companies that are big players in both the DOE Office of Environmental Management and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Office of Nuclear Energy posted per-share declines on Monday, […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Cleanup to Clean Energy status update: solar now planned at five DOE sites
Here is a look at how far five Department of Energy nuclear-weapon sites have come in the year since the agency announced a drive to repurpose underutilized land for clean energy generation. DOE’s Cleanup to Clean Energy Project launched in July 2023. It was DOE’s way of meeting President Biden’s (D) Executive Order calling on […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA’s safety controls at PULSE may not account earthquake risk, DNFSB says
The National Nuclear Security Administration must address safety concerns involving the seismic safety controls at the lab that does subcritical experiments to account earthquake- and other related-risks, according to a safety report. According to a review posted online, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) evaluated the safety designs at the Principal Underground Laboratory for […]
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Contracts & Procurement
BWX Technologies reports higher revenue amid worst global market days in two years
Earnings rose at BWX Technologies, Lynchburg, Va., in the second quarter, which the company on Monday attributed partly to organic growth in government operations as it prepared to begin work on a new nuclear weapons contract. In June, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awarded PanTeXas Deterrence, a BWX Technologies (BWXT)-led joint venture, a contract […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus earnings rise amid federal push to phase out Russian uranium
Earnings more than doubled year-over-year at Centrus, Bethesda, Md., in the second quarter, during which the company’s flagship uranium brokerage business almost tripled, according to a press release. The company’s quarterly earnings call was scheduled for Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. Centrus often has what it sometimes calls lumpy quarters, where uranium fuel orders […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Jacobs earnings dip prior to late September closing of Amentum deal
Earnings fell at Jacobs Solutions, Dallas, in its third quarter, as the international engineering and construction company refocuses on high-growth areas as it prepares to spin off its government contracting business that will merge with Amentum. Jacobs announced its quarterly financial results in a Tuesday press release. The company made a new Securities and Exchange […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Expanding Amentum made big acquisitions in recent years
Privately-held Amentum, which has made big acquisitions of late, recorded a net loss in two of the past three fiscal years, according to a financial filing prior to next month’s planned merger with the government contracting branch of Dallas-based Jacobs. That is according to a July 15 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission by […]
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National Laboratories
Oak Ridge Lab couple tell Sixth Circuit district judge erred in COVID vax case
Husband-and-wife plaintiffs filed written arguments with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently again claiming the Department of Energy contractor running the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee discriminated against them for their religious-based refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The July 24 filing by Jeffrey and Jessica Bilyeu in litigation against […]
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International
Wrap up: U.S. and Singapore sign 1-2-3; NNSA to conduct helicopter flights over DNC; Progressive Magazine says stockpile numbers show arms race; Air Force awards AI contract for ICBMs
Officials from the United States and Singapore signed a 30-year peaceful civil nuclear technology deal, or 1-2-3 agreement, on Wednesday as part of the U.S. secretary of state’s six-country Asia tour. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan were present for the signing. Officials from both countries, in a joint […]
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News & Analysis
Publication notice
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor will not be published on Friday Aug. 16, 2024 and Friday Aug. 23, 2024, as part of the Exchange Monitor’s annual August recess.