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House-Approved FY ’16 NDAA Would Authorize $345M for MOX; Program Still Faces Challenges

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Senate to Vote on Bill Next Week
Brian Bradley
NS&D Monitor
10/2/2015
Amid Capitol Hill rumblings of a possible cancellation of the beleaguered Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 passed this…

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At Oak Ridge

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NNSA Adds General Atomics to Mo-99 Cost-Sharing Agreement

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Former Y-12 Employee Files Retaliation Complaint Against BWXT

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House Passes NDAA that Champions NNSA Upgrades

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Congress Passes 10-Week Continuing Resolution That Fixes NNSA Funding at FY 2015 Level

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Pantex Labor Negotiations Put on Pause

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HASC Chair Asks DOE to Re-Evaluate Pantex Workers’ Benefits, Blasts “Deplorable” Plant Facilities

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LLNL Pays $37.3M to Settle Lawsuit from Laid-Off Workers

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NRC Inspecting Criticality Safety Incident at BWXT Facility

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NNSA: U.S. Team to Visit Category I Foreign Site Hosting HEU Within 6 Months

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NNSA Seeks Industry Comments on Draft RFP for Nonproliferation Project

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NNSA Repatriates Russian-Origin HEU, Making Uzbekistan HEU-Free

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Former LLNL Director Honored With New Award

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At Livermore

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