Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

DOE IG: Y-12 Security System Efficiently Installed, Some Issues Not Addressed

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Brian Bradley
NS&D Monitor
09/04/2015
The Y-12 National Security Complex stayed on budget and on schedule in a $50 million project to replace an obsolete site security system with the more modern Argus system, according to an Aug. 28 Energy Department Inspector…

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At Oak Ridge

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Wrap Up

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