Budget & Policy

House, Senate Spending Bills Boost MOX Funding and Prevent Move to ‘Cold Standby’

By Photo of Todd Jacobson

Kenneth Fletcher
NS&D Monitor
6/20/2014
Both House and Senate appropriators are looking to boost funds for Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility construction funding above the Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year 2015 request and aim to prevent use of…

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Contemplating Competition, NNSA Issues RFI for Kansas City Plant

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INTERVIEW: Poneman Looks Back at DOE Tenure, Discusses Efforts to Improve NNSA Mgmt.

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House Appropriators Again Take DOE to Task Over Project Management Concerns

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EDITORIAL: It’s Time to Separate Out Cleanup Work from Los Alamos, Other NNSA Sites

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Senate E&W Approps Zeroes Out Funding for Nuclear Cruise Missile Warhead Replacement

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House Appropriators Endorse ‘More Realistic’ NNSA Modernization Strategy

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Nuclear Weapons Council Debating Expanding Scope of W88 Alt 370

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Deputy Energy Secretary Poneman to Leave DOE This Fall

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Senior Air Force Nuke Official Says Collaboration with Navy ‘Making Huge Progress’

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StratCom Chief Continues to Advocate for Modernization

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With the Completion of Y-12/Pantex Looming, CNS Going Through Final Readiness Reviews

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Wrap Up

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At Oak Ridge

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At Pantex

A ballistic missile warhead stored upright inside an underground launch silo, viewed from above.

At Kansas City

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At Los Alamos

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