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DOE Issues Preliminary Notice of Violation to LANS for Nuclear Criticality Safety Violations

By Photo of Brian Bradley

Alissa Tabirian
NS&D Monitor
9/4/2015
The Department of Energy issued this week a preliminary notice of violation (PNOV) to Los Alamos National Security, the company that manages the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), for nuclear criticality safety violations…

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