Budget & Policy

For Y-12/Pantex Contractor, Limited Flexibility in Shifting Money Between Sites

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NS&D Monitor
2/27/2015
A top official at Consolidated Nuclear Security, the Bechtel-led partnership that manages the Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons plants under a combined contract, said last week that there’s “not much flexibility…

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