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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 5
Read Full Issue- Los Alamos will have equipment to make 30 nuke cores by 2030, according to DOE memo
- Republicans appoint new leader for crucial nuke-oversight committee in Congress
- House Armed Services Committee shuffles staff for 118th Congress
- DNFSB complains to Congress that NNSA is slow delivering requested information
- Back to the future: Bid protest filed in Centerra SRS security award
- Round-up: New START violations; Supercomputing memory drive; Criticality safety report cards; more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 04
Read Full Issue- NNSA sets groundwork for standalone Pantex contract with request for information
- NNSA’s 10-year plan for weapons-fusion experiments could include NIF addition, LLNL official says
- SRS planning efforts underway for transfer to NNSA
- Northrop, Parsons practice conversion of Minuteman III silos to Sentinel in Utah; Air Force plans field maintenance for new ICBM fleet
- Small biz protests National Training Center award
- Thermonuclear war, human extinction closer than ever, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Says
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 03
Read Full Issue- Major NNSA plutonium-disposal program sends out first shipment for burial
- Lawyers drop plaintiffs who sued CNS over allegedly lost wages; cite conflict
- Sandia Ion Beam Laboratory reopened after tritium incident
- Civil penalties for unauthorized nuclear exports coming in February, DOE says
- USG seeks to torpedo appeal of woman convicted for trying to sell submarine secrets
- Round-up: Russian nuke torpedos; uranium bust at Heathrow; notable obituaries
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 02
Read Full Issue- NNSA has no reliable schedule, cost estimates for pits, GAO says
- Fleischmann could lead DOE’s major check-writing committee in House
- Permanent leadership for, purpose of, new NNSA headquarters offices to be set by October, agency says
- NNSA adds to Nuclear Fuel Services’ uranium purification contract
- Bouncing back from 2021 loss, Centerra lands new 10-year, $1B SRS security deal
- Santa Fe County officials to send concerns about surplus plutonium program to NNSA
- Livermore test site battened down during historic California storms
- NNSA fudged dates on correspondence, played loose with safety rules, defense board says
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 01
Read Full Issue- The year ahead at the NNSA:competition for Pantex; stability at the sites; pits
- Few changes for DOE sites in 118th Congress as House debates leadership and Senate settles in
- Fifth Circuit rules in favor of states, finds Biden’s COVID-19 contractor order goes too far
- BWXT promotes executives
- NNSA to make Converdyn contract for uranium reserve official
- Round up: grants for the future weapons workforce; longtime community liaison retiring; consent order to settle underground toxic-gas mishap; more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 49
Read Full Issue- NNSA budget up all around in full-year omnibus spending bill
- NNSA approaching final environmental hurdles for surplus plutonium; plans public hearings after holidays
- After ‘various delays,’ Livermore subcritical series to run through fiscal 2026
- NNSA has Nuclear Fuel Services under contract for uranium conversion, purification
- New Mexico wants firm closure date for WIPP; public comment open on mine’s new draft permit
- Clarification
- Publication notice
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 48
Read Full Issue- Final 2023 budget bill at least a week away, but compromise defense authorization sets up big funding increase at NNSA
- NIF achieved fusion ignition at Livermore, lab says
- Pantex building returning to explosive testing after years of semi-retirement
- LANL had widespread internet outage
- Nuclear submarine-secret thief on way to prison; lawyers up for appeal
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 47
Read Full Issue- Compromise NDAA ratchets up authorized NNSA budget; allows for some B83 retirement
- LANL prime is latest to have entire option package picked up by NNSA; on through November 2028
- NNSA moving away from one-year options on major site contracts
- EM Savannah River budget won’t evaporate after transfer to NNSA
- RLUOB recategorization for pit mission in early ’23, Los Alamos says
- Staff concerns, DOE relations feature in DNFSB financial report
- Australia’s switch to nuclear powered submarines will leave no ‘capability gap’ U.S. says
- Change of command at STRATCOM; Cotton in, Richard out
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 46
Read Full Issue- Perfect storm of labor, material, pandemic drove delays to Uranium Processing Facility NNSA administrator says
- Construction costs of subcritical lab in Nevada inching up, IG says
- Naval Reactors official departs for nuclear-cleanup office
- NorthStar wraps constructions on medical isotope factory in Wisconsin
- Ho is new chief of staff at NNSA
- Woman in submarine scam appeals conviction
- Ex-LANL employee turned judge dead in apparent murder-suicide, sheriff says
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 45
Read Full Issue- Masks back off at LANL as COVID transmission rates drop
- Jacobs caps profitable 2022; eyes ‘surging’ nuclear energy opportunities
- Defense board demands NNSA briefing on uranium processes, including those planned for UPF
- Many DOE sites have exposure to PFAS, agency says
- Sterner promoted at BWXT
- Alleged MOX fraudster at SRS pays up
- Publication Notice
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 44
Read Full Issue- Heat source plutonium staying in PF-4, for now
- Tune-ups for ventilation systems at LANL plutonium facility after failures
- Masks back on at LANL
- Centrus clinches big HALEU production contract; rivals wait in wings for HALEU availability program
- Locals must still be heard after Savannah River handover, panel chair says
- Aiken City citizens can weigh in on federal plutonium-settlement millions after Thanksgiving
- Couple gets 19+, 21+ years in prison for trying to sell Virginia-class submarine secrets
- Round up: LANL daycare; U.S.-Japan nonpro meeting; Labor accord for pits
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 43
Read Full Issue- The more things change: congressional representation for NNSA sites stable in midterms
- Court won’t intervene to help Los Alamos COVID objectors in arbitration at lab
- BWXT reports better Q3 earnings
- Draft environmental review details 15 years of upgrades, demolitions, change at LLNL
- TVA working approvals for more tritium production
- PE firm scoops up another DOE small-biz contractor
- Inspector General nails maintenance contractor at NNSA Albuquerque for safety concerns
- DOE could award HALEU enrichment contract very soon, CEO says
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 42
Read Full Issue- Triad needs all three legs ‘at least in this current moment,’ Pentagon official says
- One month of margin left on first Columbia ballistic missile submarine, Navy says
- Crucial W93 choices coming soon, admiral says
- CD-2 for Savannah River pits expected in fiscal 2025; demo contract inked
- NNSA preparing to explain UPF delays to Congress
- Quarterly earnings dip at Fluor, but weapons complex work remains steady
- Wrongful firing case against Sandia contractor can be heard in state court
- Leidos net third quarter earnings mixed; CEO expects budget passage this year
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 41
Read Full Issue- NNSA report calls for reform of management and ops contracts; says parents cos. of site management teams of little help
- Biden posture review stays course for NNSA; unveils ‘three pillars’ plan for agency
- Harencak, retired Air Force major general from Jacobs, to lead Nevada site prime after Martinez leaves
- DNFSB asks Energy Secretary for overdue safety reports on NNSA sites
- Accomplice in nuclear-submarine espionage case seeks three-year sentence
- Ashton Carter, defense secretary who oversaw beginnings of nuclear modernization, dead at 68
- Round up: Arms control practice at Pantex; U1a footage; Security contract extension; more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 40
Read Full Issue- ‘Integrated team’ to hash out Savannah River Site’s transfer to nuclear-weapons agency
- CNS, DOE deescalate contract dispute
- White House statement on Senate NDAA still opposes SLCM-N, B83, but no veto threat
- A year-plus after renationalization, effect of lost U.K. weapons complex shows at Lockheed
- DOE Nuclear Energy office plans to award contract for big HALEU buy next summer
- Contractors Exposed to Beryllium During Sandia Renovations
- GAO turns down protest over small Y-12 technical services contract
- Round up: Rose in Tajikistan; live-fire fine; LANL promotion
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 39
Read Full Issue- Van Hollen has NDAA amendment to force SLCM-N debate again in Senate
- New US national security strategy largely stays course on nukes
- Change of guard occurring in Navarro leadership ranks
- Plutonium from S.C. preparing to leave Pantex
- SRS prime inks labor accord for future South Carolina pit plant
- DOE office of nuclear energy considering big HALEU buy as defense, civilian interests converge
- Australia AUKUS subs likely buy BWXT reactors, congressmen say
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 38
Read Full Issue- Potential two-year COVID delay to UPF, Splitting Pantex, Y-12, among top issues for NNSA
- Savannah River Site to be transferred to NNSA control by 2025, DOE confirms
- Work on competition for new nuke production contracts starting in 2023-24, NNSA says
- Parts of Savannah River pit plant could be under construction by year’s end, site prime says
- NNSA picks up next 10-year contract option for Westinghouse’s S.C. tritium-rod manufacturing
- Senate’s NDAA vote will wait until after election
- Wrap-up: Hruby at Semipalatinsk; Ex-labs man splits Nobel; New climate, energy guy at Leidos
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 37
Read Full Issue- COVID-19 created more than a year’s worth of delays for pit production at Los Alamos, lab said
- Pits feel the pinch in short-term federal budget bill for fiscal year 23
- DOE extends Fluor-led SRS prime; security provider deal next
- Livermore lab director Budil arrested for driving under the influence, speeding
- NNSA plans to finalize new cybersecurity directive in April, agency tells GAO
- Couple again pleas out in case of stolen nuclear sub secrets
- Round up: at the IAEA general conference; NNSA grant to Case Western; BWXT finance personnel; more
- Editorial: if Dr. Kimberly Budil deserves the NNSA’s confidence, so do others
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 36
Read Full Issue- BWXT asks NRC for lighter punishment, no fines, over fatal fire in Lynchburg
- NNSA removed former Savannah River plutonium from Nevada site, Senator says
- Ex-gov officials tell Senate Armed Services Committee to stay course on nuke modernization
- Key movement on Savannah River contract talks expected within months
- Appropriator expects stopgap federal budget to begin fiscal ’23
- Full Senate to vote on NDAA before midterm elections, Schumer says
- Sentinel ICBM is ‘real,” Northrop exec says after company produces first inert stages
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 35
Read Full Issue- Mass production of refurbished nuclear weapons could begin soon, NNSA says
- Nuclear programs especially susceptible to supply chain crunch, STRATCOM nominee says
- NRC schedules late-September meeting about fatal fire at BWXT plant
- Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility, maker of NNSA’s tritium rods, gets 40-year license extension
- U1a mining expansion to wrap in 2026, NNSA says
- Draft LANL environmental review coming in about a year, NNSA says
- Parsons lands $160M DOE construction management deal
- Jacobs chief retiring, Pragada becomes CEO in January
- Raines hooks on at Atkins after retiring from NNSA
- Round Up: Anti-nukers sue for full performance evals; Hecker’s think-tank post; Lillian Johns, Calutron Girl; more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 34
Read Full Issue- Reed wants to pass Senate NDAA in September; bill needs reconciling with House version
- Despite Russia, Congress, Biden admin still doesn’t want SLCM-N, Pentagon official says
- Tighe is new president, CEO at CNS
- DNFSB plans field hearing on Los Alamos operations
- Space Force launches second Minuteman III test in three weeks
- Rosen out with slight case of COVID
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 33
Read Full Issue- W80-4 is only nuclear warhead refurb seeing big delays from pandemic, NNSA official says
- With KCNSC in ‘dire need’ of more space, NNSA cuts sole-source contract to real estate broker
- Small business dust-up over Y-12 acquisitions support award
- Defense board resident inspector for Oak Ridge heads back to D.C.
- 11th Circuit rules against contractor vaccine mandate, but balks at national injunction
- Ohio-class life extensions would be good news for complicated Columbia build, admiral says
- DOE rolls out diversity & inclusion plan
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 32
Read Full Issue- Tube troubles continue at BWXT, but earnings solid in 2Q
- Trial date set in lost-paycheck lawsuit filed by Y-12 workers
- COVID-19 vaccination lawsuit against SRS prime dropped
- NNSA has custody of all highly enriched uranium removed from research reactor in Japan, agency says
- NNSA to put security services into Nevada prime contract as sunset approaches on SOC deal
- Bids due for big DOE HALEU production contract
- Round up: Russia refuses resumption of New START inspections; Violation at TVA tritium reactors; NNDA admin in New York, Japan; more
- Publication notice
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 31
Read Full Issue- Two-year delay for first W80-4 warhead, but NNSA says will still deliver on-time to Air Force
- NNSA finishes split of HQ procurement offices; reorg meant to up focus on M&O contractors
- TVA ballparks $600M bill for parts replacements in tritium-producing Watts Bar 2 reactor
- Fluor CEO points to pending Savannah River extension, increased earnings
- Westinghouse TPBAR factory poised for 40-year license extension from NRC
- Full 5th circuit hearing set next month to Biden’s COVID vax policy for feds
- CEO says Centrus rakes in profit as Russian war on Ukraine riles utilities about uranium
- Round Up: NPT review con; Pantex dosimetry report; New electrical hookup at Y-12
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 30
Read Full Issue- Senate appropriators propose biggest NNSA budget yet; Republicans signal opposition
- Ex-Bechtel exec Smoot to lead BWXT’s biggest business line
- GAO seeks more details on carryover funds for DOE nuclear construction
- Most NNSA transuranic waste at Los Alamos not yet ready for burial at WIPP
- Hruby condemns racist acts at two NNSA sites
- Federal judge familiar with nuclear cases wins seat on D.C. Circuit
- GAO urges Congressional to clarify if DOE can sell depleted uranium
- Northrop CEO says company complying with FTC order mandating competition in solid rocket motor business
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 29
Read Full Issue- House passes DOE appropriations bills; NNSA gets roughly requested funding and B83
- House, Senate NDAAs both want much more for South Carolina pits
- Duling to resign as president of BWXT’s biggest business line
- CEO Tindal retiring from Pantex, Y-12 prime
- Triad taps Centerra-led contractor for Los Alamos security
- DOE signals rulemaking for nuclear facility hazard categories
- Round up: Clarity for uranium vendors; GAO sting on NRC; Masks on, masks off; more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 28
Read Full Issue- Authorization bill with increased NNSA funding, sea-launched cruise missile, easily passes House
- Bids due soon on uranium sales to NNSA for domestic reserve
- Environmental groups come at NNSA in court again, calling for broad environmental review of pits
- DOE green-lighted DNFSB access to nuclear sites in first half of 2022
- NNSA manager picked as next chief of staff for DOE cleanup office
- Round up: noose-hanger fired at Y-12; Hinderstein in Savannah River; Stewart at State
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 27
Read Full Issue- W80-4, early nuke R&D among 1,000+ amendments filed to House NDAA
- COVID cases at NNSA rose 40% in June; some mask mandates creep back
- Amentum adds new managers
- Honeywell Sandia prime says fired scientist’s suit belongs in federal court
- LLNL eyeing fall start for waste shipments out of Building 332
- New medal for military veterans of atomic tests, cleanup, accidents
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 26
Read Full Issue- House appropriations bill would approve $21B for NNSA in 2023, keep B83 alive, kill SLCM-N
- After UPF delays, Fleischman thinks facility needs double the requested funding
- DNFSB would receive $41 million under House committee’s 2023 budget proposal
- DOE solicits bids for HALEU operations contract at Portsmouth
- Favorable ruling for Biden’s federal vax mandate vacated; entire Appeals court to to rehear case
- Lead DOE approps staffer in House leaving Congress
- Round up: New Mexico awarded DOE grants; senior fellow selected at Savannah River; Triad studies fire alarms
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 25
Read Full Issue- Bipartisan votes in annual defense-spending debate save sea-launched nuke, boost pits by lots
- More NNSA contract scrutiny creeps into 2023 NDAA; forced Minuteman III test voted down
- First-draft of DOE’s 2023 budget misses request for nuclear weapons
- Two-for-one: single bidder could take Paducah, Portsmouth follow-on contracts, DOE says
- Round up: Training down underwater for submarine officers from down under; Glovebox crunch coming; Defense board concerns over Savannah River pits ‘merit attention,’ NNSA says; NNSA job fair ahead of the Fourth