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Sandia Not Penalized for 2011 Explosion at Plasma Materials Test Facility
NS&D Monitor
10/10/2014
Sandia National Laboratories will not face a fine for a 2011 explosion in a building at its Plasma Materials Test Facility, according to a Preliminary Notice…

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DOE IG: Former Berkeley Site Office Mgr. Abused Authority

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Global Strike Command Establishes Headquarters-Authorized Parts Funding Program

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IG: DOE Still Spending Too Much on Software Licenses

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DNFSB Chair Winokur Won’t Seek Re-Nomination

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DoD’s Weber: Administration Examining Modernization ‘Tradeoffs,’ Need for LRSO

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Stanford Proposing Major Lab Governance Pilot Program for SLAC

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DNFSB: Are NNSA Nuclear Safety Technical Advisors Being Ignored?

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Teresa Robbins Selected as NNSA Production Office Deputy Manager

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Former Russian Foreign Minister: U.S. and Russia Should Cooperate on Nuclear Disarmament

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Human Resources Manager Departing Y-12/Pantex Contractor

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DOE to Soon Roll Out New Project Mgmt. Approach, Energy Sec. Says

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At Oak Ridge

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AECOM Looks to Wrap Up URS Purchase Next Week

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Vietnam Civil Nuclear Agreement Enters Into Force

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Expert Expresses Optimism about Path Forward for FMCT if Test Ban Treaty is Ratified

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At Livermore

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Wrap Up: In the NNSA, In DOE, In the Navy, In the Industry, On the International Front

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