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DNFSB Raises Safety Concerns About LANL TRU Waste Facility Project
NS&D Monitor
8/22/2014
With construction looming on a new Transuranic Waste Facility project at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is raising a handful…

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New Kansas City Plant Seen as Model for Weapons Complex

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StratCom Chief ‘Very Concerned’ About Future of ‘3+2’ Warhead Modernization Strategy

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Gottemoeller: Withdrawing from New START Over INF ‘Crazy’

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Air Force Reportedly Settles on ‘Hybrid’ Model for Future ICBMs

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Ukraine Crisis Lessening Momentum for Disarmament at NATO

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CRS Report Raises Questions About LANL Plutonium Strategy

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Air Force Completes Demolition of 50 Minuteman III Silos Under New START Treaty

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NNSA Strengthening Program Managers for LEPs, Nuclear Material Efforts

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NIPP Report Criticizes Minimum Deterrence Model

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Air Force Moves Money Toward Nuclear Mission, Boosts Staffing Levels at Nuclear Wings

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Senators Appeal to White House for Increased Nonproliferation Spending

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While We Were Out …

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At Oak Ridge

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At Savannah River

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