Vol. 29, No. 37

Budget & Policy

Federal government shutting down, NNSA likely not affected

The federal government shut down just past midnight Wednesday after the Senate failed to reach 60 votes on a stopgap bill to keep agencies open and funding flowing through Nov. 21. The upper chamber voted 55-45 on a Republican-led bill that needed a three-fifths majority to pass. Two Democrats, Sens. John Fetterman (Penn.) and Catherine […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Most recent NNSA acting head Teresa Robbins leaves for OREM

    Teresa Robbins, until recently acting administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, is taking a deputy field manager position at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management.  Robbins was removed from the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) leadership page. She updated her LinkedIn page this week to indicate she […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Cortez Masto fears shutdown impact on NNSS in splitting with Dems

    Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) cited the potential impact on in-state military installations as well as the Department of Energy’s Nevada National Security Site as her reason for supporting a Republican-led continuing resolution Tuesday night. “A government… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Data Centers & Energy Demand

    NNSA requests proposals for AI data centers at Savannah River Site

    The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Tuesday published a request seeking proposals from contractors looking to build and power artificial intelligence (AI) data centers at Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C. The notice calls… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Life Extension Programs

    W80-4 life extension component diamond stamped at Y-12, NNSA says

    The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Y-12 National Security Complex announced the “diamond-stamping” of a secondary stage of a nuclear weapon through the W80-4 Life Extension Program, the agency announced Sept. 25. “Diamond-stamping,”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    Navy completes four test flights of unarmed Trident II

    The Navy’s Strategic Systems Program conducted four missile test flights of unarmed Trident II D5LE missiles from an Ohio-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) off Florida’s east coast  from Sept. 17 to 21.  The tests were launched from a… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    NNSA awards BWXT subsidiary with depleted uranium capability in Tennessee

    The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded a BWX Technologies (BWXT) subsidiary with a contract for licensing, design and operation of High Purity Depleted Uranium production in Tennessee. BWXT Ordnance Tennessee, the subsidiary awarded the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    Big winners picked in Trident II and nuclear attack submarine modernization

    Three big nuclear Navy contract wins, two for the Trident II missile and one in maintaining and modernizing the Navy’s nuclear-powered attack submarine, were announced on the Pentagon’s website. The announcement of multiple military contracts came Sept. 30,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    LANL and NNSA complete tritium container treatment

    The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and its Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have completed treating four flanged tritium waste containers, according to a Sept. 26 press release by the New Mexico Environment Department. The Department of Energy’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Budget & Policy

    NNSA has not notified Congress effectively of cost growth, GAO says

    The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has not used effective strategies to manage cost growth notifications for its construction projects, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO squeezed this report on NNSA and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Budget & Policy

    NNSA could improve workforce retention through commuter reimbursement, GAO says

    The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration ability to reimburse contract workers for commuting expenses could help in recruiting and job retention, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said this week.  NNSA oversees eight government-owned,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • International

    Wrap up: Zaporizhzhia out of power; U.S.-U.N.-Iran snapbacks; NNSA works to save farmland

    Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest nuclear plant in Europe and one under Russian occupation, has been cut off from its external power supply for over a week, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]

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