Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

DNFSB CLOSES 2009 RISK ASSESSMENT RECOMMENDATION

By Photo of Martin Schneider

Kenneth Fletcher
NS&D Monitor
1/31/2014
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board this week closed a 2009 recommendation on policies and standards related to quantitative risk assessment methodologies in the Department of Energy complex. In December, the…

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TENSIONS AT DNFSB AS SATISFACTION RAPIDLY DECLINES, IG PROBES CONCERNS

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OBAMA STATE OF THE UNION: GIVE NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY A CHANCE TO SUCCEED IN IRAN

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NNSA RELEASES DETAILED FY 2013 FEE INFO FOR WEAPONS COMPLEX SITES

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AIR FORCE CHEATING SCANDAL WIDENS; SECRETARY SEES ‘SYSTEMIC’ PROBLEMS

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LAWMAKERS GRILL ADMIN. OVER REQUIREMENTS FOR CIVIL NUKE DEALS

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GAO HEARING ON Y-12/PANTEX PROTEST DELAYED UNTIL FEB. 3

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REPORT SUGGESTS RUSSIA VIOLATING INTERMEDIATE-RANGE NUCLEAR TREATY

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USEC, DOE LAUNCH NEW EXTENSION OF AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE R&D PROGRAM

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SENTENCING FOR Y-12 PROTESTERS TAKES SURPRISING TURN DUE TO SNOW

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B&W PANTEX ACCUSES PANTEX GUARDS UNION OF INTENTIONAL ‘SICK-OUT’

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JAPAN AGREES TO RETURN 730 POUNDS OF PLUTONIUM TO UNITED STATES

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AT PANTEX

A ballistic missile warhead stored upright inside an underground launch silo, viewed from above.

AT KANSAS CITY

A ballistic missile warhead stored upright inside an underground launch silo, viewed from above.

AT OAK RIDGE

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