Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Energy Department IG Reportedly Looking at Los Alamos Communities Group

By Photo of Wayne Barber

The Energy Department’s Office of Inspector General would not confirm or deny this week whether it is investigating a regional organization in New Mexico that advocates for local governments around the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The office does not comment…

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NNSA to Start Yearlong Environmental Review of Plutonium Disposal Plan

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Congressionally Mandated Study Finds NNSA Pit Plan ‘Potentially Achievable’

A stainless steel glovebox used to handle sensitive materials in a controlled, inert-atmosphere laboratory.

S.C. Says MOX Penalties Will Continue After Plutonium Removal

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Triad to Seek Bids for Pit-Waste Treatment Plant at LANL

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NNSA Kansas City on Track to Award Lease for Production Space in 2019, GAO Says

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With No Spending Caps Deal, DOE Budget Watchers Get Another Week of Uncertainty

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

House Panel to Unveil Nuke Parts of 2020 NDAA June 4

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Honeywell 1Q Revenue Drops 15% on Spinoffs

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MOX Services Wants to Keep Keys to MFFF Information Vault, Court Doc Shows

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Global Strike Command Leader Expects Cost of New ICBM to Increase in Short Term

A naval ballistic missile submarine partially surfaced and underway in open ocean.

Air Force Awards Boeing $14 Billion Bomber Weapons Sustainment Contract

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Bechtel Vice President Graham Retiring

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Senators File Bill to Strengthen Independence of Federal Advisory Committees

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