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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 35
Read Full Issue- Safe waste disposal vital to future pit production, NNSA exec says
- Key appropriator hopes to avoid government shutdown
- U.S. nearing ‘123’ nuclear agreement with Philippines, report says
- US-Japan nuclear group gathers to double down on non-proliferation cooperation
- Y-12 Fire Department at home in new station
- Wrap up: Changes to fix universal change at NNSA; Trinity crowds?; Oppenheimer extras; more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 34
Read Full Issue- No proof NNSA ignored technical concerns about W88 upgrades, Inspector General says
- NNSA extends deadline for Pantex bids to last week of September
- Spending bills, NDAA unreconciled for 2024; White House seeks stopgap budget
- Centrus says it will make HALEU in October with technology NNSA has eyed for defense use
- Wednesday’s unarmed Minuteman III test one of more than 300 so far AF says
- CNS seeks construction contractors to make ‘standard Pantex design” for slew of new buildings
- As possible exit from Congress looms, Lee tapped to represent U.S. at United Nations
- Labor Department plans occupational illness session for Denver weapons workers
- Wrap up: New Boston Government Services C-Suiter; IAEA on Iran uranium; 123-agreement bad for business?
- Former EnergySec Richardson dies at 75
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 33
Read Full Issue- NNSA mismanaged subcritical explosive testing programs, GAO finds
- BWX Technologies hauls in contract to produce low-enriched uranium for power plants
- Defense board concerned with worker safety at Savannah River
- Livermore’s Bauer to lead new ‘blueprint’ to revamp NNSA enterprise
- Los Alamos is earthquake-sound, seismic analysis shows
- Wrap up: Iranian nuclear spokesman; Sandia official passes torch, turtle shells hold uranium and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 32
Read Full Issue- Automatically shut down because of low steam, Watts Bar reactor back up at 100 percent
- High marks for Y-12 fire protection systems in recent inspection
- NNSA’s Albuquerque research campus earns agency’s first sustainable design badge
- Jacobs reports lower earnings, higher revenue in its third fiscal quarter
- Centrus CFO to retire by end of month
- Amid war, Europe’s largest nuclear plant cools down
- Workers pull all-nighter to pour first slab for new Pantex high-explosives facility
- Judge opts for shortcut in case of alleged wage withholding by CNS as plaintiffs flounder
- Wrap up: Granholm hits LANL; Ukraine assistance; Livermore ignites again and more
- Publication notice
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 31
Read Full Issue- W87-1 for Sentinel reached new development milestone, Livermore announces
- No more funding planned for NNSA medical isotope cooperative agreement program
- Centrus earnings down year-over-year in second quarter, with NRC go-ahead to produce low-enriched uranium
- Fluor earnings dip but revenue rises; as contractor upbeat on DOE biz
- Earnings down at naval reactor maker BWXT, but bullish on shipbuilding
- Huntington Ingalls’ second-quarter earnings down year-over-year
- CNS seeks subcontractor to revamp utilities and equipment at Y-12
- Holloway named new resident inspector at Pantex
- Wrap up: U.S. reaffirms nuke nonproliferation stance; NNSA Technomics contract, Oak Ridge salamanders and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 30
Read Full Issue- Senate easily passes NDAA with more spending for nukes, national labs
- Senate NDAA would launch nuclear cruise missile development within three months
- Ex-nuclear weapons official says plutonium pit production delays ‘very disturbing’
- Floors poured for Los Alamos pit production warehouses; opening this fall
- NNSA restarts drive to pick supplier of domestic uranium enrichment tech
- IAEA finds no heavy weapons, fewer explosions at Ukraine’s embattled nuclear plant
- Industry invited to hear DOE needs for high-assay, low-enriched uranium
- Biden asks high court to revisit Feds for Medical Freedom vax ruling by 5th Circuit
- Wrap up: Livermore community gifts; Radiation exposure compensation, Los Alamos tours and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 29
Read Full Issue- Nuke spending will top $75B per year over next decade, mostly to modernize triad
- Pitches for potential 20-year, $30B Pantex management deal due by Sept. 14
- Los Alamos workforce will level off at about 20,000 by 2025, Triad official says
- Senate appropriators boost funding for plutonium, uranium production facilities
- Senate NDAA add would expand access to nuke worker illness benefits
- Wrap up: Senate punts NDAA; LANL official moves to Stanford; NNSA medical isotope meeting, Trinity fallout study and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 28
Read Full Issue- NDAA squeaks past House with several nuke-related amendments
- Lawmakers cry foul over NNSA moves to cover Uranium Processing Facility cost overrun
- Senate’s defense policy bill boosts nuke spending, funds sea-launched cruise missile warhead
- Prospective Joint Chiefs Chair will look for gaps in U.S. nuke arsenal, upgrade NNSA stockpile stewardship
- NNSA leaders meet at ‘frontline’ of nuclear smuggling
- Hotter-than-normal weather, little rain place Los Alamos under fire restrictions
- Biden sends Lee’s DNFSB nomination to Senate
- Wrap up: Wagner almost bags backpack nukes; Savannah river personnel shakeup; G7 condemns Pyongyang missile launch and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 27
Read Full Issue- Legacy nuke waste gets top priority under new DOE deal with New Mexico
- Savannah River hiring logistics specialists for large construction project
- IAEA officials find no mines at Europe’s largest, embattled nuclear power plant
- Honeywell sells stake in Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
- Nuclear plant force-on-force exercises returned big time in 2022, NRC says
- Quigley appointed new NNSA deputy acquisition official
- Wrap up: Livermore leader awarded; supercomputers installed; Belarus president has veto over Russian nuke use; Oppenheimer practical nuke explosion and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 26
Read Full Issue- Los Alamos wants to speed glovebox buying, widen supplier base
- New WIPP permit prioritizes legacy waste over incoming flood from pit production
- NNSA plans two subcritical explosive tests at Nevada in fiscal 2024
- Senate committee’s defense bill in line with House committee’s; $24B for nukes
- Reactor supply okay ahead of Navy’s historic boat-building boom, admiral says
- Wrap up: Sandia remote work; Pantex and Y-12 awards; bureaucratic musical chairs; ‘Barbenheimer’ and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 25
Read Full Issue- Thirty pits a year by 2030 or sooner; first pit in 2024, Los Alamos weapons chief says
- House Appropriators approve more money for NNSA pits; take from research, nonproliferation
- House Committee nixes plan to repeal binding pit-production targets; authorizes $24B for NNSA
- Employees suing over lost wages restate case against CNS, again seek class-action status
- Honeywell dinged for conducting firearms training at too-hot Kansas City firing range
- Wrap up: NNSA at P5 meeting; Hruby at test ban con; Minimal DOE impact after cyber attack
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 24
Read Full Issue- Draft 2024 defense authorization bill would block W76-2 retirement, gate NNSA admin’s travel
- Ukrainian dam breach threatens cooling water supply to Europe’s largest nuclear plant
- NRC gives Centrus green light for high assay low-enriched uranium demo
- House’s draft DOE budget has small boost for nuclear weapons modernization
- Livermore, Sandia complete second temperature test of W80-4 warhead
- Wrap up: No TikTok at DOE; NNSA’s sketchy cyber security; global nuke spending and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 23
Read Full Issue- Air Force Chief, future top U.S. general, says Sentinel missile on track for 2023 first flight
- NNSA HQ consolidating East Coast IT infrastructure
- Navy, National Guard brief South Carolina officials on Savannah River’s national security role
- NDAA back on track after deficit deal, markups next week
- Wrap up: OST needs medics; Russia nukes in Belarus; Hazy days for DOE HQ; more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 22
Read Full Issue- LANL contractor cited by NNSA for series of plutonium facility safety violations in 2021
- Employees suing CNS for lost wages lose new attorneys, proceed with individual claims
- U.S. counters Russian suspension of New START by withholding key nuke data
- NNSA’s nuclear couriers to get new rolling armory, technician trailer
- Biden signs deficit deal; defense-nuclear programs largely spared from most cuts
- Centerra starts transition on new SRS security contract
- U.S. Senators form caucus dedicated to advocating for DOE labs
- CNS ‘tops out’ new high-explosives development laboratory at Pantex
- Air Force authorizes start of construction on Sentinel support facilities
- Wrap up: Hammer Time at the NIF; Livermore controlled burn; Hibbs to be new NNSA deputy admin advisor and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 21
Read Full Issue- Sluggish plutonium-pit production tells allies and adversaries U.S. nuke modernization ‘not important,” expert says
- Energy Department efforts to root out insider threats still piecemeal eight years later, GAO says
- Livermore Lab, SambaNova boost computing capacity to better study nuclear-weapon physics
- In Hiroshima, G7 leaders denounce Russian nuclear rhetoric, reaffirm goal of nuclear-weapon-free world
- Nuclear materials couriers essential to NNSA mission, says deputy administrator
- House Appropriations Committee joins armed services panel in postponing budget markups
- Wrap up: Russian nukes in Belarus; IAEA director meets with Rosatom head; DOE computational fellows named and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 20
Read Full Issue- Tritium-rod shipment contract extended; NNSA says other companies can do the work
- U.S. publishes nuclear weapons numbers as Russia ignores treaty obligations
- Tritium-rod irradiating Watts Bar Unit 1 reactor resumes operation following scheduled refueling
- NNSA breaks ground on new Nevada Site emergency operations center
- Savannah River citizen panel updated on salt waste, security, NNSA transition
- Wrap Up: Enviros pray to NRC to stop weapons-uranium work; G7 meets in Hiroshima; NNSA helos over Indy 500 and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 19
Read Full Issue- Los Alamos plutonium-handling gloveboxes breached several times in March, April
- BWXT to process up to twice as much uranium after nearly two tons of scrap found at Y-12
- Employees suing CNS seek to dodge judge’s ultimatum, keep paycheck lawsuit alive
- House NDAA markup postponed; no make-up date
- Naval reactor builder BWXT sees shipbuilding boom in its future, amid rising earnings
- Centrus reports uptick in profits for first quarter
- Accomplice in nuclear-submarine espionage case contests 22-year sentence
- Wrap up: Sentinel equipment buys; Zaporizhzhia forced evacs; Awards at sites
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 18
Read Full Issue- In New Mexico, NNSA stems tide of employee attrition, administrator says
- NNSA seeking tech for global system to flush out nuclear material smuggling
- DOE must sign off on potential Pantex contract extensions, NNSA administrator says
- Air Force likely will not make Sentinel’s planned 2029 operational deadline, Global Strike general says
- Fluor earnings dip but CEO bullish on DOE work
- NNSA failed to audit millions paid to medical isotope producer, IG says
- Wrap Up: W80-4 delays; warhead meets development milestone; Korean nuke deterrence pact; CNS Pantex awards school grants
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 17
Read Full Issue- Delivery dates for next round of nukes get hazier in latest annual NNSA progress report
- Next Pantex prime could be on the job for 20 years, according to draft NNSA solicitation
- NNSA scrutinizing problem components behind W80-4 warhead delay
- NNSA opens public comment period on environmental review of Sandia’s future
- Honeywell reports rising earnings in Q1, though commercial aviation takes the honors
- NNSA government affairs man jumps to industry
- Wrap up: Naval reactors budget cuts; Australian arms control; NNSA university grants; Oppenheimer the movie
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 16
Read Full Issue- NNSA won’t know how much 80 pits per year will cost until 2025
- Air Force initiates test firing of unarmed Minuteman III from Navy E-6 aircraft
- U.S. lawmakers reintroduce bill to prohibit presidents from igniting nuclear war
- ‘Obsolete’ Los Alamos fire alarm system repeatedly registering false alarms
- Los Alamos County proposes doubling fire department budget to cover LANL
- Wrap up: NATO head talks nukes; Livermore scientist is one of Time’s 100; DOE puts Russia on notice and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 15
Read Full Issue- Savannah River plutonium pit production facility may not be done until 2035
- NNSA needs massively more powerful computers to model modern nuclear weapons effects, report says
- Nuclear Fuel Services bags $428-million contract to enrich uranium while Y-12 modernizes
- NNSA broadens scope of weapons advisory committee
- Pantex Plant gets new defense nuclear facilities resident inspector
- CNS hiring contractors to upgrade Y-12 electrical infrastructure
- STRATCOM holds annual nuclear readiness and training exercise
- DOE extends bids on uranium hexafluoride conversion at Paducah Site
- Round Up: Air testing over Boston Marathon; Aircraft carrier defueling; NNSA grants awarded and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 14
Read Full Issue- NNSA Administrator wants “to scream from the mountaintop’ no future nuke testing
- Cleaning fluid caused 2015 LANL arc-flash that sent two to hospital
- NNSA and Defense Department efforts to secure nuclear material overlap, GAO finds
- Savannah River manager to take over NNSA Production Office at Pantex in May
- NNSA hiring for senior acquisition, construction management positions
- Wrap up: NNSA administrator in Sweden; AUKUS waste workforce; Sorry, no Taco Villa
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 13
Read Full Issue- Labor shortage outlasts COVID, delays nuclear-weapons infrastructure, NNSA administrator says
- Senators still favor nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile that was zeroed out in Biden budget
- Centrus may be ready to begin demonstration of uranium-enriching gas centrifuge in May
- Belgium converts medical isotope production to low-enriched uranium, removing proliferation opportunity
- Savannah River transfers first batch of spent uranium from new de-inventory program
- DNFSB still looking for operations exec, board tells Congress in annual report
- Wrap up: Finger amputation investigation; New PNNL lab director; U.S. stops sharing nuke data with Russia and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 12
Read Full Issue- Biden budget, memo call for reduced reliance on B83 gravity bomb
- Too few employees contributed to delays in Y-12 Uranium Processing Facility
- Lawyers for Y-12 employees withdraw from suit against CNS
- Nuclear sub deal raises questions about Australia’s storage of radioactive waste
- NNSA’s Head of Nuclear Security announces retirement
- Roundup: New High Energy Density report; BG Huser gets second star; Russian nuclear threats and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 11
Read Full Issue- Australia to buy up to five U.S. nuclear attack subs under AUKUS Deal
- NNSA Nevada upgrades won’t be available for plutonium tests until 2030
- Uranium Processing Facility in ‘28 or ‘29; Los Alamos pits stymied by staff shortfall, NNSA budget doc says
- Funding for nuclear sea-launched cruise missile struck from NNSA budget
- Air Force finishes critical design review for LRSO nuclear cruise missile; production decision by June 2027
- Savannah River cleanup boss talks NNSA move; other issues
- State regulator of Savannah River Site could be split in two
- Wrap up: North Korean nukes; lost Libyan uranium; Manhattan project obit; NNSA in Kazakhstan and more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 10
Read Full Issue- U.S. faces low-yield nuclear weapon shortfall against Russia and China, STRATCOM commander says
- Biden Budget Request Boosts NNSA Topline to Nearly $24 Billion
- CNS Launches Hiring Spree to Meet Cybersecurity Needs at NNSA Sites
- NNSA Publishes Fiscal 2022 Site Management Report Cards
- Weapons up, cleanup flat at DOE in Biden’s 2024 budget proposal
- Air Force Fires First Full-Scale Sentinel Solid Rocket Motor
- With threats from China, Russia, Air Force budget will reflect nuclear ‘priority,’ officers say
- Biden selects Savannah River Lab manager as DNFSB nominee
- Wrap up: GAO on NNSA; former SNL director dies at 81; Aussies to pick England for nuke sub; more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 09
Read Full Issue- Livermore director testifies to Congress about ‘significant’ promise of ‘feasible’ fusion energy
- Russia officially suspends New START treaty, State spox says
- Biden signs classified memo with new guidelines for radioactive, nuclear-material nonproliferation
- Uranium chips in hood caused fire that prompted evacuation of key Y-12 weapons facility
- DOE releases compilation of contribution to Ukraine resistance
- Round up: The hard fight for waste at Y-12; Quantum leap for SNL official; NRC paves way for medical isotope production
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 08
Read Full Issue- Court will wait until late summer to decide fate of S.C. pit plant lawsuit
- Russia to ‘suspend’ participation in New START but stick to treaty’s warhead limits
- No injuries after fire at Y-12 uranium building, site says
- Small blazes not unusual at weapons complex sites, DOE review finds
- Net earnings dip at BWXT amid hiring headaches
- Fluor earnings rise during quarter, year, although Mission Solutions down
- Profits fall at Centrus but uranium biz and DOE contracting stayed strong in 2022
- Ex-Bechtel exec Rugg appointed president of Atkins Nuclear
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 07
Read Full Issue- Delays mount for underground lab upgrades seen as critical for new Navy nuke
- Shifting military requirements changed design of new ICBM pit; first unit delayed
- Possible to get 30 pits at Los Alamos before 2030, lab director says
- 80-plus pits needed annually in future; Savannah River to pick up the slack, NNSA admin says
- NNSA aims to get solicitation out for Y-12 before presidential election
- New Livermore ‘model contract’ could help shape coming competition for Pantex, NNSA official says
- Livermore’s next subcritical test coming this year
- Reporter’s notebook: Nuclear Deterrence Summit, 2023
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 06
Read Full Issue- Longtime government hands leading NNSA takeover of Savannah River
- NNSA releases draft solicitation for seven-year counter-smuggling contract; welcomes small biz
- House committee leaders seek DOE documents about Russian hack that targeted Livermore
- Lawmakers want report about LEU fuel feasibility for future attack sub
- Senate nuclear-weapons panel keeps leaders, has minimal roster changes in 118th Congress
- Jacobs reports strong numbers from continuing ops in first quarter of fiscal 2023
- NucFil, Parajito Scientific Corp., to merge
- Centrus says it can make HALEU at Portsmouth by December
- Second protest for award of DOE National Training Center contract