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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 29 No. 8
Read Full Issue- Acting NNSA head says unfired employees have been contacted, returned to work
- Top appropriator Fleischmann trying to negotiate with Senate on budget’s civilian nuclear power
- Is there a need for new ICBM siloes for Sentinel?
- Administration tells agencies to prepare for deeper cuts, layoffs
- Fleischmann cites “workforce shortage” in NNSA, but Oak Ridge unaffected by firings
- Wright tells DOE employees to hold off on OPM email response
- In letter, Nevada Democrats ‘demand transparency’ on NNSA firings
- Defense Dept says civilian layoffs won’t affect nuclear modernization
- B61-12 LEP sustainment begins after last production unit produced
- BWXT earnings buoyed by weapons complex wins, nuclear power
- DNFSB delivers weapons complex safety roundup for EnergySec Wright
- CRS sends SLCM-N missile report to Congress
- Wrap up: Chris Wright touts next Manhattan project; Corey Hinderstein joins doveish institute; Granholm’s new adventures; more
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- Fleischmann cites “workforce shortage” in NNSA, but Oak Ridge unaffected by firings
- N3B finishes cutting up corrugated metal pipes at Los Alamos
- Hanford landlord contractor seeks sub to build fire station
- Duke Energy plans to tap North Carolina SMR to help it move away from coal power
- Holtec, Hyundai step up pursuit of new SMRs at Palisades complex
- House narrowly passes budget blueprint with $100 billion for defense
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- Wright tells DOE employees to hold off on OPM email response
- IWTU down again until June
- BWXT earnings buoyed by weapons complex wins, nuclear power
- B61-12 LEP sustainment begins after last production unit produced
- Congressional nuclear security working group and ANWA host panel Tuesday
- Ex-EnergySec Granholm joins boards for California power company
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- H2C takes control of Hanford liquid waste
- In letter, Nevada Democrats ‘demand transparency’ on NNSA firings
- DOE fixture Owendoff not worried about federal brain drain
- Defense Dept says civilian layoffs won’t affect nuclear modernization
- Senate passes $150 billion in defense funds along party lines, waits on House
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- Ex-NRC commissioner Baran takes buyout option, leaves DOE
- High court decision will affect waste policy for decades: Atomic Scientists
- ECA supports Garrish nomination for DOE Nuclear Energy
- Lawmakers overseeing DOE labs cite security concerns with mass firings
- Fluor reports strong results for fourth quarter, full-year 2024
- Fluor passes CEO reins to Breuer; Constable becomes exec chair
- Parsons touts big fourth quarter, full 2024 earnings
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- Oak Ridge DOE cleanup boss Mullis to retire
- Sources: Senior execs leaving DOE weapons complex
- Ex-NRC commissioner Baran takes buyout option, leaves DOE
- GAO dismisses Bechtel group protest, DOE reconsiders PPPO award
- Ranking appropriations Dems demand DOE briefing on layoffs
- Hanford job cuts decried by Washington Dems
- Fluor passes CEO reins to Breuer; Constable becomes exec chair
- Fluor reports strong results for fourth quarter, full-year 2024
- Parsons touts big fourth quarter, full 2024 earnings
- Wrap Up; McConnell to retire; WIPP undamaged by quake; LANL public comment extended; more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 29 No. 7
Read Full Issue- After backlash, White House seeks to reverse most NNSA terminations
- Lawmakers overseeing DOE labs cite security concerns with mass firings
- Ranking appropriations Dems demand DOE briefing on layoffs
- AFGSC holds test of unarmed Minuteman III
- SASC chair supports Hegseth’s budget review, plan to cut, re-prioritize billions
- Top Senate defense appropriator McConnell won’t seek reelection in 2026
- BWXT announces $2.1 billion in naval nuclear reactor contracts
- Fluor reports strong results for fourth quarter, full-year 2024
- Parsons touts big fourth quarter, full 2024 earnings
- Wrap up: Senate adopts budget and awaits House; Los Alamos SWEIS comment period extended; HASC requests identifying “obsolete” weapons systems; more
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- Judge unblocks deferred retirement ‘fork,’ OPM closes program
- Too early to gauge impact of Hanford departures, says site boss
- Mass terminations hit NNSA this week, probationary employees laid off
- DOE manager updates contractor, infrastructure issues at Hanford
- Incoming Hanford tank waste contractor lines up workforce
- Tennessee gov plans $50M to support TVA small modular reactor
- Wrap Up: Hanford workers get snow day; Perma-Fix hires COO; North Wind manager retires; more
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- Judge unblocks deferred retirement ‘fork,’ OPM closes program
- Feds head to appeals court in challenge to Yankee spent fuel cost award
- Tennessee gov plans $50M to support TVA small modular reactor
- Foes of Palisades restart urge NRC panel to reject Holtec request
- AEP seeks DOE grants for SMR projects in Virginia, Indiana
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 29 No. 6
Read Full Issue- Mass terminations hit NNSA this week, all probationary employees fired
- DOGE employees gain access to DOE nuclear weapons programs, news outlets report
- Livermore director says office closed due to executive order ending DEI
- Judge unblocks deferred retirement ‘fork,’ OPM closes program
- Air Force halts parts of Sentinel program
- UCS questions ‘rush’ to Los Alamos pit production
- Courtney slams Trump steel tariffs after Australia sends sub industry money
- Trump familiar with and supportive of AUKUS, Hegseth says
- HASC seapower leaders urge prompt DoD Australian AUKUS funds plan
- Israel could strike Iran’s nuclear facility in coming months, US intelligence says
- Wrap up: Trump and Putin talk ending Ukraine war; Trump wants denuclearization of China and Russia; House and Senate advance dueling budget proposals; Leidos and the Iron dome
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- DOE manager updates contractor, infrastructure issues at Hanford
- Too early to gauge impact of Hanford departures, says site boss
- Livermore director says office closed due to executive order ending DEI
- HASC seapower leaders urge prompt DoD Australian AUKUS funds plan
- Leidos boasts strong fourth quarter
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- Federal judge to again extend White House “fork” deadline
- DOGE employees gain access to DOE nuclear weapons programs, news outlets report
- House subcommittee on energy to hear from DOE lab directors
- Winter weather expected at Portsmouth Site; Oak Ridge under flood watch
- Perma-Fix signs Troy Eshleman as COO
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- Judge sets hearing on “fork” buyouts; Murray balks as exodus rumors spread
- Energy nerd Wright hits nuclear themes with DOE staff
- Wright confirmed as secretary of energy, winning support of 59 senators
- Amentum reports stronger first quarter earnings; not worried about Musk cuts
- With Connery departure, DNFSB slips to 2 members, loses quorum
- Community groups request 45 day extension of LANL EIS comment period
- SRS crews continue double-stacking bins at second building
- Centrus quarterly revenue up, net earnings down for fourth quarter
- Wrap Up: Fitzsimmons becomes DOE staff chief; waste board member confirms resignation request; more
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- DOE vet Ted Garrish tapped by Trump to lead nuclear energy office
- NRC finds no big enviro impact from Palisades restart, seeks comment
- Energy nerd Wright hits nuclear themes with DOE staff
- Wright confirmed as secretary of energy, winning support of 59 senators
- Centrus quarterly revenue up, net earnings down for fourth quarter
- Centrus signs long-term LEU agreement with South Korea
- Texas A&M offers land for companies to build SMRs
- Round Up: Fitzsimmons becomes DOE staff chief; Arizona trio look at SMRs; board member confirms resignation request; more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 29 No. 5
Read Full Issue- Wright confirmed as secretary of energy, winning support of 59 senators
- Trump nominates NNSA deputy and defense nuclear nonproliferation lead
- Energy nerd Wright hits nuclear themes with DOE staff
- Judge sets hearing on “fork” buyouts; Murray balks as exodus rumors spread
- Centrus signs long-term LEU agreement with South Korea
- Texas A&M offers land for companies to build SMRs
- Community groups request 45 day extension of LANL EIS comment period
- Lockheed Martin wins $383M Trident II contract mod
- GAO says NNSA not doing enough to improve how it monitors progress
- HII ends 2024 on sour note as earnings, sales decline
- Honeywell earnings rise as company plans to split into three
- Centrus quarterly revenue up, net earnings down for fourth quarter
- Amentum reports stronger first quarter earnings; not worried about Musk cuts
- USAF looks into replacement of Minuteman III flight control units
- Wrap up: NNSA scans NOLA ahead of Super Bowl; Rubio signs MOU with El Salvador; House Approps GOP says max pressure against Iran; Sentinel expected less than 10% of Northrop sales; more
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- DOE vet Ted Garrish tapped by Trump to lead nuclear energy office
- Trump nominates NNSA deputy and defense nuclear nonproliferation lead
- Texas A&M offers land for companies to build SMRs
- NRC finds no big enviro impact from Palisades restart, seeks comment
- SRS crews continue double-stacking bins at second building
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- Energysec nominee Wright set for confirmation vote
- USAF awards BAE Systems nearly $1.2 billion extension for ICBM support
- USAF looks into replacement of Minuteman III flight control units
- NWTRB member, Biden appointee, confirms resignation request
- NRC works to comply with White House in-office policy
- This Week
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- Avery moves over to NNSA, Robertson stays at EM
- SRNS boss Carr “not politicking for” EM-1 job
- Nuclear agencies, other feds face “fork in the road”
- Tweaks to SWPF should improve production, Savannah River boss says
- Burgum confirmed as Interior sec; Wright inches closer to vote
- SRNS draws up master campus plan for Savannah River
- White House seeks resignation of NWTRB members
- Ex-DNFSB manager takes power industry job
- Wrap Up: Senate RECA bill revived; Cadre buys Carr’s nuclear; Management Solutions acquires KeySource; more
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- Supreme Court filings argue NRC’s ability to license private storage
- Nuclear agencies, other feds face “fork in the road”
- White House seeks resignation of NWTRB members
- Burgum confirmed as Interior sec; Wright inches closer to vote
- NextEra Energy targets 2028 restart of Iowa nuclear plant
- Round Up: NRC Palisades hearing set; TVA SMR meetings planned; more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 29 No. 4
Read Full Issue- Last Minuteman III decommissioned 2050 or later, W87 non-Sentinel test within year
- Burgum confirmed as Interior sec; Wright inches closer to vote
- Nuclear agencies, other feds face “fork in the road”
- W80-4 undergoes ‘nominal’ flight test, Sandia director says
- UPF rebaseline ‘done,’ project on new schedule, NNSA official says
- Compromise reached on pit production suit environmental review
- Los Alamos’ plutonium pit production of 30 annually for Sentinel may have to wait beyond 2026
- NNSA “clear-eyed” about the work ahead on pits, acting boss says
- SRNS draws up master campus plan for Savannah River
- Doomsday clock ticks forward to 89 seconds to midnight for first time
- HII completes asset purchase of submarine metal fabricator
- Dems, Hawley reintroduce RECA bill in Senate
- Ex-DNFSB manager takes power industry job
- Senate narrowly confirms Hegseth as new secretary of defense
- Wrap up: Trump’s Iron Dome; LANL chief engineer leaving for fusion; EM-2 shifting to NNSA; More
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- Compromise reached on pit production suit environmental review
- Tweaks to SWPF should improve production, Savannah River boss says
- Thune seeks to bring Wright, Burgum nominations to Senate floor
- HII completes asset purchase of submarine metal fabricator
- Management Solutions acquires KeySource
- Cadre buys nuclear brands from Carr’s Engineering
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