Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor

Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 38

October 05, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Plutonium Once Intended for De-Weaponization Would Be Used in DOE Weapons Program
• NNSA Finishes B61-12 Design Review
• Triad Still on Track to Take Over Los Alamos on Nov. 1
• Nevada Gov. Exploring ‘All Possible Avenues’ to Stop DOE From Storing Defense Plutonium at Test Site
• NNSA Presses Appeals Judge to Lift Injunction Against Closing MFFF
• U.S. Ambassador Says She Didn’t Mean U.S. Would Pre-Emptively Strike Russia Over INF Violation
• Not Much Time for Senate to Confirm Nominees for Senior Nuke Jobs
• Lockheed Martin Wins Hundreds Of Millions In Trident II Mods

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 37

September 28, 2018 Read Full Issue

• NNSA Again Moves to Waive Requirement to Build Plutonium Disposal Plant in S.C.
• Major Court Rulings Could Come Soon in MFFF Lawsuits
• BWXT Subsidiary Gets $505M Contract to Downblend Uranium for NNSA Tritium Production
• Trump Signs Defense Appropriations Bill With More Nuke Missile Funding
• HASC Chair Has Not Planned Hearing on Bill to Ban Low-Yield Warhead
• Trump Nominates Hamilton to be Full-Time DNFSB Chair
• Bechtel Expects to Put New UPF Project Manager in Place Next Month
• Sandia Pitching in on Overhaul of State Dept. Nonproliferation Spending
• NNSA Advisory Committee to Talk Plutonium, Computers in Closed October Session
• Proposed New Bomber Squadrons Likely to Include More B-21s
• Wolcott Confirmed as New U.S. Representative to U.N. Nuclear Agency

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 36

September 21, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Trump Signs 2019 NNSA Budget Bill
• NNSA Budget Slides Uranium Downblending Funds Into Tritium Program
• Senate Passes Final 2019 DOD Budget Bill With Nuke Missile Spending
• Dems’ Bill Would Ban Development of Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead
• DNFSB Says DOE Order Ignores Board’s Legal Authority
• Livermore’s Verdon Unanimously Confirmed for Top NNSA HQ Weapons Post
• Senior Pentagon Official Likes NNSA Warhead-Core Approach, Frustrated by Production Status
• No Decision on New START Extension, State Dept. Official Tells Senators
• SRS Avoids Hurricane Florence With No Impacts to Facilities
• Judge Slaps Down Motion to Dismiss $6.5M Claim in MFFF Contractor Suit
• Sentencing Date Set for MOX Subcontractor in Fraud Case
• GD Wins $481 Million Mod For More Columbia Work

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 35

September 14, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Congress Boosts NNSA Infrastructure Spending in Final 2019 Budget Bill
• With Warhead Funding Set for Signature, Congress Compromises on Missile Funding in DOD Budget Bill
• Plutonium-Conversion Plant Budget Could Be Cut to Lowest Level This Decade
• Congress Blocks Reorganization at Federal Nuclear Safety Watchdog
• Savannah River Readies for Hurricane Florence
• Slew of Problems With RCLC Expenses, Los Alamos County Manager Says
• Operator Suspended for Transporting Radioactive Material Without Proper Paperwork
• Former Energy Secretary Bodman Dead at 79

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 34

September 07, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Top HASC Dem Says U.S. Wants to Buy Too Many New ICBMs
• Heller Rages Over NNSA Plan to Store Defense Plutonium in Nevada
• DOE, Industry Crossing Fingers for Real Appropriations Bill With 12 Legislative Days Left in FY18
• Inhofe Gets SASC Gavel, Kyl to Fill McCain’s Senate Seat
• Further Environmental Review of UPF Still Not Needed, NNSA Says
• Lawmakers Rail Against DNFSB Downsizing, Defanging
• Columbia Sub In Good Shape, But May Require More Oversight, CNO Says
• Cyber, Terrorism Risks Surrounding Nuclear Facilities and Materials Rising, U.S. NGO Says
• BWXT Promotes COO to Lead Technical Services Group

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 33

August 31, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Safety Board Details Fears of Lost Access to Nuke Weapons Sites
• Nuclear Weapons Council Wants South Carolina Pit Progress By Mid-2019
• Canceling MOX Project is Quickest Way to Remove Plutonium From South Carolina, DOE Says
• Q&A with David “DJ” Johnson: Vice President and General Manager at Honeywell Federal Solutions
• LANL County Manager Denies Personnel Wrongdoing Amid Local Spending Flap
• NNSA Prepares More Funding for Medical Isotope Production
• Pentagon Nuke Programs Sail Through in Senate Approps Bill
• Huntington Ingalls Announces New Sub Construction VPs
• Report: Air Force Fleets Ill-Prepared to Meet Tomorrow’s Battles
• Correction

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 32

August 24, 2018 Read Full Issue

• DOE Releases Draft Solicitation for SRS Management Contract, Including NNSA Tritium
• With Bookless Nomination, Half of NNSA Political Jobs Could Be Filled by Ex-Livermore Personnel
• NNSA, TVA Forge New Interagency Agreement on Uranium for Tritium Production
• New LANL Manager Should Pay Gross Receipts Tax, NM Tax Agency Says
• No Layoffs, But Much ‘Attrition’ Expected in Impending DNFSB Restructuring
• Texas A&M’s Banks is on Triad Board, Gets New Title
• National Science Foundation Official to Take Top Computing and Simulation Gig at Los Alamos
• Former Air Force Colonel Takes Charge of Honeywell’s NNSA Work
• New Mexico AG Asked to Look at Los Alamos Community Group Expense Irregularities
• Potential Deputy for Nuke Weapons Council Chair Calls for Better Training of DOD Acquisition Personnel
• Senate Panel Endorses DOE General Counsel Nominee
• While We Were Out

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 31

August 03, 2018 Read Full Issue

• NNSA Must Solve Pit Problems This Year, STRATCOM Commander Says
• Top Nuke Targeting Officer Says U.S. At ‘Disadvantage’ Without Multilateral Nuke Reduction Treaty
• Senate Approves Final 2019 NDAA, Clears Way for Presidential Signature
• Savannah River Site Management Contract Extended Through July 2019
• Huntington Ingalls Sees Mega Earnings Boost on Lower Taxes in Second Quarter
• Air Force Nuke Missle Contractors Report Big 2Q Gains
• Fluor Aims for New DOE Business
• Judge Stands by $20M Fee Ruling for Contractor in MFFF Lawsuit
• Nuke Hardliner and HASC Staffer Morrison Moves to White House
• Trump Nominates Former Hill Staffer As DOE General Counsel
• Publication Notice

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 30

July 27, 2018 Read Full Issue

• ‘Don’t Screw Up’: An Interview With Incoming Los Alamos Lab Director Thomas Mason
• House Approves Final 2019 NDAA; Senate Could Vote Next Week
• NDAA Would Extend DOE Authority to Accept Fissile Materials From Around the Globe
• DOE Days Away From One-Year Extension to SRS Management Contract
• Decision to Study Stripping Tritium Mission from Savannah River ‘Routine,’ DOE Official Says
• Oral Arguments in MOX Lawsuit Appeal Scheduled for September
• Next-Gen ICBM Business Buzzing Amid Northrop Earnings Boost
• Nuke Missile Pitches in on Lockheed’s Q2 Earnings Growth
• DNFSB to Hold Hearing on DOE Order Limiting Communications
• DNFSB Sending Two Inspectors on New Assignments to Y-12

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 29

July 20, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Returning Los Alamos to Non-Profit Mindset Key to Big Triad Win, UC Exec Says
• Triad Identifies 11 More Future Los Alamos Execs
• Judge Freezes MOX District Suit, Awaits Appeal Decision
• House Could Vote on Compromise NDAA Next Week
• Still No Date for Final Debate of 2019 NNSA Approps Bill
• Oak Ridge Congressman Says Y-12 Can Handle NNSA Tritium Mission
• Putin Waves at New START Follow-Up in Helsinki Presser With Trump
• Despite Surprise Leadership Announcement, Analysts See Positives At Northrop Grumman

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 28

July 13, 2018 Read Full Issue

• NNSA Could Take Tritium Mission Away From Savannah River Over MOX Court Case
• STRATCOM Commander Tours Savannah River Site
• Former Oak Ridger Named New Los Alamos Lab Director
• NNSA Rolling On With CNS Contract as Senate Presses For More Insight Into Deal
• Congress Delays Final Negotiations on 2019 NNSA Budget
• House, Senate Negotiators Want to Finish 2019 NDAA by July 27
• Fluor Taking Over Naval Nuclear Laboratory Oct. 1, Under Big New Contracts
• Savannah River Lab Missions Resume After Two-Month Safety Pause 
• After Losing Lawsuit, Former Savannah River Employee Must Pay Printing Costs

Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor

Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 27

July 06, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Triad Appears to Lock Up Los Alamos Contract, With No Protests Filed
• Appeals Judge Declines DOE Request to Lift Order Protecting MFFF
• DOE Hosting ‘Technical Workshop’ About SRS Challenges for Potential M&O Contractors
• BWXT, Jacobs Announce Management Changes
• NNSA Conducts B61-12 Flight-Hardware Tests on B-2 Bomber
• Centerra-SRS Takes Home About 95 Percent of Potential Fee
• Democrat Took Senate Re-Election Bid to Los Alamos Wine-Tasting Room
• Los Alamos Coalition Moves Closer to Picking New Director
• CNS, Union Agree on New Five-Year Contract for Y-12 Guards
• Texas A&M Lands Stockpile-Stewardship Grant for Low-Energy Nuke Science
• Judges Involved With Y-12 Break-in Rulings Are on Supreme-Court Shortlist

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 26

June 29, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Senate, House Must Settle $500M in Disagreements Over 2019 NNSA Budget
• Judge Bucks DOE, Won’t Lift Order Protecting MFFF From Closure
• House DOD Bill Would Slash Interoperable Warhead Funding; Senate Version Could Delay Low-Yield Warhead
• Trump’s DOE IG Nominee Draws Few Questions in Initial Confirmation Hearing
• MOX Subcontractor Sentenced to 23 Months in Prison for Fraud
• DOE Expects WIPP Waste Volume Ruling Could Take Another Year
• DNFSB Worried About Safety Strategy at SRS Tritium Facilities
• Huntington Ingalls Appoints New COO for SN3
• Air Force’s B-21 Bomber Nears Key Design Review

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 25

June 22, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Senate Tees Up Monday Vote on NNSA 2019 Budget; Feinstein Won’t Oppose
• With Debriefs Done, Clock Ticking on Los Alamos Contract Protest
• Senate Passes NDAA, Loosens Restriction on Early Nuke Warhead Work
• DOE Asks Judge to Lift Hold on MFFF Cancellation
• Repurposing Plutonium Could Speed Up Removal From Savannah River, DOE Says
• Fly Drone at Los Alamos, Lose Drone at Los Alamos, Lab Warns
• NNSA 10-Year Nonproliferation Plan Missed Mark Twice, GAO Says
• Director Search Advances for Los Alamos Community Group
• Swedish Arms-Control Advocates Count Nearly 14.5K Nukes Globally

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 24

June 15, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Senate NDAA Could Clear DOE to Start Developing New Nukes Without Congressional Approval
• Judge Says NNSA Must Return $20M in Reclaimed Fees to MFFF Contractor
• LANL Contract Competitors Await Debrief Next Week
• Major DOE Contractor Bechtel Moving HQ to Virginia
• Uranium Casting Resumes at Y-12’s Building 9212
• White House Sends DOE IG Nominee to Senate
• UPF Prime Says It Hit Halfway Mark in Purchasing
• Final Hearing Scheduled in Feds’ $5M Suit Against SRS Contractor
• EFCOG Adds New Board Member During D.C. Meeting

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 23

June 08, 2018 Read Full Issue

• UC to Remain at Los Alamos in Next Lab Management Contract
• House Passes 2019 NNSA Budget With Funds for Low-Yield Warheads, MOX Project
• Senate NDAA Clears Low-Yield Warhead, Mandates Hard Look at NNSA Production Sites Contract
• Judge Stops Energy Department From Closing MOX Facility
• NNSA Holds to B61-12 Estimate, Despite Dissent From Internal Costing Office
• Northrop Grumman Closes Orbital ATK Deal
• LANL Area Getting Road Upgrades From New Mexico Settlement
• Giangiuli is New TechSource COO
• Candidates With Ties to Los Alamos Organizations Effectively Win Seats in N.M. Legislature

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 20 No. 22

June 01, 2018 Read Full Issue

• NNSA Willing to Pay Premium for Two-State Pit Strategy, Newly Unearthed Document Shows
• Senate Panel Tells WIPP to Start Planning for Cancellation of MOX Project
• MOX Injunction Hearing Set for Tuesday
• Savannah River National Lab in Safety Pause After Operational Errors
• Senate Appropriators Support Interoperable Warhead, Resist House Plan to Low-Ball SRS Tritium Construction
• Morale at DNFSB Low and Not Improving, Inspector General Says

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 20 No. 21

May 25, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Senate Appropriators Also OK New Low-Yield Warhead for NNSA in 2019
• House 2019 NDAA Has Low-Yield Warhead, No Pits for Savannah River
• South Carolina Threatens to Sue Energy Department Over MOX Termination
• NNSA Thinks No New Environmental Study of UPF Needed
• Senate Committee Approves Nominee to Lead NNSA Weapons Portfolio
• DNFSB Selects New Technical Director
• Engine Replacements Will Keep B-52 In Service for Decades: General

Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor

Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 20

May 18, 2018 Read Full Issue

• No LANL Contract Award This Week; One More Bidder Confirmed
• House Committee’s NNSA Budget Funds Low-Yield Warhead, Doesn’t Fund S.C. Pits
• Leaked NNSA Report Sheds Light on Cost Estimate for MFFF Alternative
• House Rules Committee to Set Terms of Debate for NDAA
• MOX Contractor Lawsuit Going to Trial in April 2019
• NNSA to Provide Another $40M for Commercial Isotope Production Programs
• Air Force May Seek Funding Shift For New ICBM
• BWXT Taps Duling to Head Nuclear Operations Group
• Longenecker Adds BWXT Vet

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 19

May 11, 2018 Read Full Issue

• DOE to Split Production of Warhead Cores Between New Mexico and South Carolina
• Heinrich Presses NNSA Weapons Nominee on Pits
• Dems Fail to Strip Low-Yield Warhead From House NDAA In Annual Marathon Markup
• House Subcommittee Passes 2019 DOE Budget Bill; Full Committee Markup Wednesday
• DOE Wants Judge to Consolidate Five MOX Lawsuits
• South Carolina, DOE Don’t Expect to Settle MOX Lawsuit
• Garrish Appointed Acting General Counsel for DOE
• GD Electric Boat Investing $852 Million In Groton Shipyard For Columbia-Class Sub Building, Millions More in Rhode Island
• Wittman Sketches Shipbuilding Challenges: Maintain $26 Billion But Add $3 Billion When Columbia Subs Start

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 18

May 04, 2018 Read Full Issue

• House NDAA Has $65M for Low-Yield Warhead; $15.3B Overall for NNSA
• S.C. Gov. Threatens to Drag DOE to Court if it Cancels MFFF
• MOX Prime CB&I Approves Merger With McDermott
• Judge to Hear Oral Arguments This Month in MOX Lawsuit
• Los Alamos Paused Some Plutonium Ops in March
• Government Business Was Bright Spot in Lousy Quarter for Fluor
• Bechtel Vet Rusinko Gets Spot on Company Board
• Oak Ridge Lab Puts Iranian Heavy Water to Work
• Sandia Swindler Sena Gets Three-Year Sentence
• Fraud Sentencing Date Set for Former MOX Subcontractors
• Air Force General Concerned About Possible Return Of Budget Caps In FY 2020
• Former Pence Aide Confirmed to State Dept. Nonproliferation Post
• LANL Regional Coalition Seeks New Director

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 17

April 27, 2018 Read Full Issue

• House Armed Services Will Authorize Low-Yield Nuke, Lawmaker Says
• Senior BWXT Execs Leaving This Summer
• Final Bids in On LANL Contract, UC Says
• Northrop Grumman Posts Solid First-Quarter Results
• Boeing Powers To Strong First Quarter, Increases Earnings Outlook
• Lockheed Martin Opens 2018 With Strong Financial Results
• Raytheon Posts Strong First Quarter
• Alabama Firm Gets $150M Contract to Build New NNSA Albuquerque Office
• MOX Services Contorted Contract Language in Effort to Keep $20M in Unearned Fees, DOE Says
• Subcontractor Seeks Lighter Sentence in MOX Theft Case
• Russia, U.S. Have Not Violated Plutonium Disposal Agreement, State Dept. Says
• University of Texas Gets 5-Year NNSA Grant for Fundamental Physics Work

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 16

April 20, 2018 Read Full Issue

• White House Wants $65M For DOE Work on Low-Yield Warhead in 2019
• Texas A&M Team Files ‘Best and Final’ Offer on LANL Contract
• Two Top NNSA Slots Still Empty
• S.C. Gov Wants Third-Party Cost Estimate for MFFF
• DOE Justified MOX Project Fee Claw-Back With Bad Reading of Contract, Contractor Says
• Non-MOX Plutonium Downblending Resumes at SRS
• Federal IGs Call Out Aging DOE Nuclear Infrastructure
• Profits Rise 12% in Honeywell Segment With DOE Contracts
• Former Top SRS Fed Joins Atkins
• New START Summit a Wrap; No Follow-Up Treaty Imminent
• B-21 Bomber Making Progress On Software, Air Force Says

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 15

April 13, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Feinstein Won’t Vote for DOE Budget That Includes B83 Bomb
• DOE to Extend SRS Management Contractor for One Year
• Purdue Confirms LANL Bid With Bechtel
• EPA Says It’s Too Soon to Act on Plutonium Disposal at WIPP
• Sarrao in, Bishop Out as Head of LANL Science Programs
• DOE Seeks Bids For New Livermore Supercomputer
• Alexander, Feinstein Remain Chief DOE Appropriators in Senate
• DoD Deputy Gets ‘Deep Dive’ Briefing On Air Force’s B-21 Bomber
• Navy Might Someday Consider Buying More Than 12 Columbia-Class Submarines

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 14

April 06, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Uranium Casting Halted at Y-12
• Park Sworn in as NNSA Nonproliferation Boss
• Weapons Budgets for Major NNSA Sites Rose Over the Last 10 Years
• DOE Says It Should Keep Clawed-Back MOX Fees
• South Carolina Seeks $200M Summary Judgment in MOX Federal Claims Case
• Judge Orders UPF Lawsuit Moved From D.C. Court
• Former Los Alamos Community Advocate Hopes Reimbursement Dispute is Over
• Pantex Opens New Administrative Building
• LANL Beat Small Biz Procurement Goal in FY17

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 13

March 30, 2018 Read Full Issue

• NNSA Green Lights Bulk of Construction on UPF
• 30-Day Window for DOE to Drop Draft Savannah River M&O Pact Opens Today
• NNSA Talked With LANL Bidders Last Week
• New NNSA Nonproliferation Boss Not Yet Sworn In
• Big Bloc of House Democrats Signal Opposition to Trump Nuke Plans
• House to Mark Up Annual Defense Policy Bill in Late April
• Navy, Lockheed Test Modernized Trident Sub Missile

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 12

March 23, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Six Months Into Fiscal Year, NNSA Gets Big Weapons Boost With Permanent 2018 Budget
• Projected NNSA Budgets Can Handle Low-Yield Warhead, Perry, Gordon-Hagerty Tell Congress
• MOX Alternative is ‘Billions’ Cheaper, NNSA Tells Skeptical Lawmakers
• Heinrich Blasts NNSA Pit Study, Resists Moving Any Production From N.M.
• Senate Confirms Park as New NNSA Nonproliferation Boss

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 11

March 16, 2018 Read Full Issue

• Decision on Moving Pit Production Due in Early May, NNSA Chief Says
• DOE Working on Waiver to Cancel MOX Plant, Despite Doubts on Capitol Hill
• DOE Could Get Final 2018 Budget Monday
• NNSA to Meet With LANL Bidders Next Week, One Bidder Says
• Local Leaders Support SRS Pit Production in Meeting with NNSA Administrator
• NNSA Should Publish Plan for ‘Entire Nuclear Security Enterprise,” National Academies Panel Says
• Majidi Takes Over as Director of Savannah River National Lab
• Advisory Group for Sickened Nuke Workers Still Unstaffed
• B-21 Experiencing Early Production “Hiccups,” Lawmaker Says
• Air Force Nears Plan To Replace B-52 Engines

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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 10

March 09, 2018 Read Full Issue

• NNSA Eyes Increase for Savannah River Site’s Weapons Mission
• NNSA Administrator to Visit Savannah River Site
• Judge to Resume Consideration of Partial Payment to Contract in MOX Lawsuit
• South Carolina Combines $100M Plutonium Suits Against DOE
• Senate Committee Approves NNSA Nonproliferation Nominee
• N.M. Gov. Shoots Down Bill to Tax Nonprofit Nat’l Lab Operators
• Leadership Change Expected for Los Alamos Community Advocacy Group
• Bechtel Finishes Another UPF Subproject
• NNSA Says it is Environmentally Clear to Stage Bigger Explosive Tests Near Livermore
• DOE Preparing to Process Cold War-Vintage Targets for Plutonium, Curium
• Perry Vs. Moniz: One Year on Twitter
• New Air Force Strike Command Head Nominated
• Correction

Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor

Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 09

March 02, 2018 Read Full Issue

• DOE to Open Bidding Process for Savannah River Management Contract
• Trump Taps Livermore Hand to Lead NNSA Weapons Programs
• Graham Prods NNSA Nonproliferation Nominee on Plutonium Disposal
• More Dilute-and-Dispose Money Gets Plutonium Out of S.C. Quicker, NNSA Says
• UPF Baseline to be Ready in March, Maybe Not Published Until 2019
• NNSA Wants to Start Modification for Crucial Los Alamos Pit Facility
• NNSA Shies Away From Settlement Talks in MOX Lawsuit
• Sentencing Scheduled for MOX Subcontractor on Fraud Charge
• NNSA Pulls Trigger on $490M Option for BWXT Naval Reactor Contract
• BWXT Nuke Group Seeing ‘Resurgence,’ CEO Says
• SOC Starts Work Under NNSA Nevada Protective Forces Contract
• Senators Demand Answers About NNSA Footing Legal Bills for Contractor Whistleblower Cases
• StratCom Chief Says U.S. Nukes ‘Very Close to Zero Percent Modernized’