Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

OST Squad Commander ‘Engaged in Unsuitable, Reportable Behaviors’

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Todd Jacobson
NS&D Monitor
12/5/2014
An Operations Squad Commander with the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Secure Transportation “engaged in unsuitable, reportable behaviors,” the Department of Energy’s Inspector…

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Wrap Up

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End to CTR Program After FY 2015 Directed in Defense Bill

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Former Rep.: If U.S. Can’t Afford Modernization, ‘We’re in Big Trouble’

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FY 2015 Defense Auth. Bill Boosts MOX, Directs Continued Construction

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Work on Cruise Missile Warhead Accelerated in FY15 Defense Auth. Act

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NNSA Moving Forward With Reorganization of Office of Nonproliferation

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Former LANL Deputy Director Suspended from Gov’t Work

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Ash Carter Reportedly Tapped for Defense Secretary Nomination

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Sea-Based Deterrence Fund Authorized in Final FY 2015 Defense Bill

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DoD Strategy Nominee Voices Support for Nuclear Modernization

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After Acquisition and New Name, Security Firm Centerra Planning Expansion

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CBO Report Presents Options to Scale Back Modernization Plans

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GAO Highlights DOE/NNSA Cost Estimating Weaknesses

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At Los Alamos

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Malmstrom Missileer to Be Court-Martialed on Drug Charges

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At Prague Agenda Conference, U.S. Official Announces Partnership With NTI

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Air Force Completes Final EIS for Powder River Training Complex

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At Sandia

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At Oak Ridge

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DOE contractors recover equipment from Y-12 legacy facility ahead of demolition

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Wrap up: NNSA highlights laser role; Uranium recovery to resume at SRS; Pentagon does nuclear energy expo

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Y-12 completes B61-13 canned subassembly production early

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BWXT wins NNSA contract for Y-12 lithium processing facility design

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NNSA eyes 2027 RFQ for TEST 4 technical support contract

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The National Nuclear Security Administration expects to release a draft request for quotations (RFQ) for its Technical and Engineering Program Support 4 contract, or TEST 4, in January 2027, with the agency targeting contract performance beginning…

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Fleischmann expects passage of 2027 E&W bill by Dec. 11, after midterms

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Navy picks SSN-788 as first sub posted to AUKUS assignment

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Fairbanks Morse Defense starts building sub component site with AUKUS investment

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Fluor Marine Propulsion awarded $2.4B naval nuclear propulsion contract mod

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SRS prime investing more in NNSA, DOE research

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NRC finalizes DOE, Pentagon-authorized reactor regulatory path

The U.S. Capitol dome framed by trees with an overlay of paper currency, symbolizing federal budget appropriations.

GAO: NNSA workforce shrank nearly 12% amid nuclear modernization push

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BWXT, Antares deepen partnership with new multi-year TRISO fuel agreement

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Walsh: New Mexico, WIPP deal getting closer

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Fire put out, emergency lifted Wednesday night at Savannah River National Lab

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WIPP batteries earmarked for mine fire research

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Wrap up: NNSA highlights laser role; Uranium recovery to resume at SRS; Pentagon does nuclear energy expo

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  2. Budget & Policy

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    EM panel provides update on AI data center development at federal sites

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    Fleischmann expects passage of 2027 E&W bill by Dec. 11, after midterms

  5. National Laboratories

    Fire put out, emergency lifted Wednesday night at Savannah River National Lab

  6. Defense & Military

    Navy to consider SMRs at the Naval Weapons Crane

  7. Transuranic Waste

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  8. National Laboratories

    Fire put out, emergency lifted Wednesday night at Savannah River National Lab

  9. Budget & Policy

    GAO: NNSA workforce shrank nearly 12% amid nuclear modernization push