Vol. 28, No. 44 
NNSA ‘working on’ LLNL contract extension; SRS final RFP out January, administrator says
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Warhead & Weapons Development
NNSA head defends weapons program post-election, says agency ‘not just sitting on our hands’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the U.S. producing more modernized nuclear weapons annually than it has since the end of the Cold War, the government should not “over respond” to rising nuclear threats abroad, the head of National Nuclear Security Administration… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
Nevada incumbent and SASC member wins race
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) will return to Congress as a Democratic voice in a Republican-controlled Senate after the Associated Press called her reelection race on Nov. 10. Rosen’s win gives Democrats 47 seats in the Senate. Republicans will control the chamber… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DOE awards $1.1B DUF6 operations contract sans NNSA DUF4 line
A nuclear cleanup contract awarded this week to an Atkins-led team could be modified later to include production of depleted uranium tetrafluoride for the National Nuclear Security Administration. As expected, the Portsmouth / Paducah Project Office (PPPO) Operations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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International
IAEA director general visits Tehran this week
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Iran’s capital this week to meet with Iranian government officials, according to an agency press release. Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi said in the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Judge tells NNSA, environmentalists to figure out review of pit program before Christmas
The federal government and environmental groups have until Dec. 12 to figure out how to review the environmental effects of plutonium pit production without stopping development of a pit factory in South Carolina, a judge said Friday. It was more than a month ago… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
TVA Watts Bar 1 began scheduled outage, removed irradiated TPBAR in early November
The Tennessee Valley Authority began a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage Nov. 1 at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 1, the quasi-government corporation announced last week. A Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) spokesperson told the Monitor in an email that… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus’ first HALEU batch will take 6 months longer, cost $24M more after equipment shortage
Centrus Energy Corp. will get until late June to deliver 900 kilograms of energy-dense uranium to the Department of Energy, the company said last week in a regulatory filing. Centrus, Bethesda, Md., disclosed the extension, but not its terms, in a Thursday filing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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Defense & Military
Wrap up: Rubio for secretary of state; Hegseth concerns; Russia could pull from enviro deal; Leidos good third quarter
President elect Donald Trump said this week he would tap Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as his eventual pick for Secretary of State. Rubio has advocated for a more hawkish stance on Iran in the past, gunning for more sanctions to curb the Islamic republic’s nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! […]