Non-Proliferation

House Appropriators Trim $134 Million From NNSA Weapons Budget for FY 2016

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Nonprolif. Account Funding Largely Matches $1.9 Billion Request
Todd Jacobson
NS&D Monitor
4/17/2015
Lawmakers on the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee cleared their version of the Fiscal Year 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations bill this…

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U.S. Working with NATO to Bring Russia Back into INF Compliance

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Ohio Replacement Could Cause $154B Navy Shortfall Over Next 19 Years

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Dem. House Lawmaker: OCO Could Help U.S. Avert ‘Disaster’ for Nuclear Enterprise

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NNSA Defers Decision on Severing Tritium Work From SRNS Contract Until 2016

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LRSB Loss Could Have Domino Effect across Company’s Different Business Segments

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Kendall: DoD Can’t Afford to Modernize Triad

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LANL Preparing Contingency Guard Force as Pro Force Bargaining Talks Stall

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American Centrifuge Could Get $50 Million in Reprogramming Under House Bill

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Senate Lawmakers Push NNSA to Maintain Scientific Balance at Laboratories

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Pantex Union Workers Eyeing Possible Strike

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SSP to Contract with Lockheed for Trident Navigation Subsystem Support

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NYT Editorial Board: Putin’s Nuclear Threats ‘Set a New Benchmark’ for East-West Hostility

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NRC Kicks Off Special Investigation at NFS After Incident

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At Oak Ridge

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At Livermore

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Wrap Up

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Wright pushes for Iran to follow IAEA nonproliferation safeguards

Transuranic Waste

Wrap up: NNSA removes cesium from Vermont; HII wins CVN 82 contract; WIPP down for maintenance half of 2027 and more; Obituary

Non-Proliferation

Wright continues to push for Iran to follow IAEA nonproliferation safeguards

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Non-Proliferation

NNSA removes high-risk cesium from Vermont

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has removed all high-risk cesium-137 from Vermont, making it the 15th U.S. state or territory declared free of high-risk quantities of the radioactive material. This follows a July operation in which a team… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

Wrap Up: West Va. in mix for nuclear hub; DNFSB manager takes ethics job; BWXT plans Investor Day; more

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Groups seek NEPA review of plan to issue surplus plutonium to private companies

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International

U.S., allies push IAEA board to refer Iran to UN Security Council

Non-Proliferation

Parsons wins NNSA counter-nuclear smuggling task orders

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U.S. removes cobalt-60 source from Guatemala in ongoing security effort

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