Non-Proliferation

DOE Extends Due Date for MOX Red Team

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Brian Bradley 
NS&D Monitor 
8/7/2015
The Energy Department has extended its deadline for the red team reviewing options for disposal of tons of U.S. plutonium to report its findings to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz from Aug. 10 to Aug. 17, an NNSA…

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70th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings Draws Activists to National Lab Protests

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CNS Hopes to Make Business Case for Pantex Administrative Complex to NNSA by Sept.

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Publication Notice

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GBSD Scheduled to Reach IOC in FY ‘29

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Senate Confirms DNFSB Noms.

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BWXT Indicates Interest in Sandia, Nevada Site M&O Contract Bids

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GAO: NNSA’s 25-Year Nuke Modernization Budget Estimate Up $17.6B Since Last Year

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NNSA Fines LANL for Violations of Classification Policies

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DOE IG: Certain National Security Campus Subcontracts Awarded Noncompetitively Without Justification

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LANL to Resubmit ESS/JCO Following ‘Zero’ Damage Ratio Concerns for Waste Containers

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HII Communicating with Govt. on How to Best Complete Work on Two Submarine Programs

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U.S.-China Civil Nuclear Agreement Passes Congressional Review Period

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Report: LRSB, Ohio Replacement, and GBSD Could Drive Cost Overruns in Nuclear Forces Funding

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Y-12 Engineers Working to Stabilize Damaged Beam

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At Oak Ridge

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At Pantex

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