Budget & Policy

DOE Accepts DNFSB Recommendation on Emergency Response, But Implementation Will Take Longer

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Board Staff Highlight Concerns at Savannah River
Kenneth Fletcher
NS&D Monitor
11/14/2014
The Department of Energy has accepted a formal recommendation from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board on the need to strengthen emergency preparedness and response…

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Hagel: Pentagon to Increase Funding to Rejuvenate Nuclear Enterprise

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DOE to Reopen Protested HSS Support Services Contract

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Experts: U.S. Can Afford Nuclear Modernization

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DOE IG: Sandia Improperly Used Gov’t Funds to Lobby for Contract Extension

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NNSA Won’t Publicize Source Evaluation Board, SSA, in KC Procurement

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House, Senate Appropriators Pushing for Omnibus Spending Package

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Report: Russia to Cut Back on Nuclear Security Cooperation With U.S.

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NNSA Set to Decertify Los Alamos Earned Value Mgmt. System

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NSTec Working to Improve Safety Culture After Letter From NNSA

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Lone Bidder Battelle-Stony Brook Retains Brookhaven M&O Contract

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Global Strike Command Installs New Launch Control Center Team, New Career Rotations

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TENAM Names Acting President After Charges Filed Against Previous Director

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U.S. to Attend Humanitarian Impact Conference on Nuclear Weapons

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At Oak Ridge

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At Kansas City

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