Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 18 No. 10 SELLERS, NO. 2 OFFICIAL AT LOS ALAMOS NAT’L LAB, TO RESIGN FROM POSITION
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Contracts & Procurement
TRANSITION BEGINS ON Y-12/PANTEX CONTRACT, BUT NO WORD FROM B&W
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/07/2014 Nearly 14 months since the National Nuclear Security Administration first selected Bechtel-led Consolidated Nuclear Security for its Y-12/Pantex consolidated management and operating contract, transition to the new contractor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
SENATE LAWMAKERS WARN ADMIN. AGAINST PLACING MOX IN COLD STANDBY
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/07/2014 Senate lawmakers have begun fighting back against the Obama Administration’s decision to place the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication facility project on cold standby. In a March 6 letter to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
OBAMA FY 2015 NUCLEAR WEAPONS BUDGET WINNING OVER KEY GOP CRITIC
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/07/2014 The Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year 2015 budget request includes $8.3 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s weapons program, and plans to modernize the nation’s nuclear deterrent… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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Budget & Policy
ADD-ON TO FY 2015 REQUEST INCLUDES ANOTHER $600 M FOR NNSA PROGRAMS
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/07/2014 On top of the $11.9 billion in Fiscal Year 2015 President Obama is requesting for the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Administration wants another $600 million for weapons and nonproliferation spending, though… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
USEC FILES FOR CHAPTER 11; DOE, B&W TO LOOK AT ACP ALTERNATIVES
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 3/07/2014 USEC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week after reaching an agreement with the majority of bondholders and investors on its financial restructuring plan. The moves comes after the company announced in December… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
U.S. HAS Pu OPTIONS SHORT OF NEW FACILITY BUILD, CRS REPORT SAYS
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 3/07/2014 The National Nuclear Security Administration may have options to meet the nation’s plutonium pit needs short of large-scale new construction, according to a new report from Congressional Research Service analyst… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Non-Proliferation
GOTTEMOELLER CONFIRMED TO TOP STATE DEP’T ARMS CONTROL POST
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/07/2014 It took nearly two years, but Rose Gottemoeller was finally confirmed as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security by the Senate this week—but not without a fight. Gottemoeller was confirmed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE BILLS TO CUT $100 BILLION IN NUCLEAR SPENDING
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/07/2014 Timed just before the Obama Administration released its Fiscal Year 2015 budget request this week, Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) reintroduced legislation late last week that would cut $100 billion… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
GAO CRITICIZES NNSA PLANNING OF RAD SECURITY ZONE PILOT PROJECT
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/07/2014 A National Nuclear Security Administration pilot project to strengthen physical security at radiological facilities in Mexico City and Peru is being criticized by the Government Accountability Office for not involving… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
NUMBER OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING GRADS FROM U.S. COLLEGES ON RISE
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 3/07/2014 The number of nuclear engineers emerging from U.S. colleges and universities continues to rise, according to a new report by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. According to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
AT OAK RIDGE
RAD MATERIALS FOUND DURING UPF HAUL ROAD CONSTRUCTION NS&D Monitor 3/07/2014 Work on a haul road for the Uranium Processing Facility was temporarily stalled last week after radioactive materials were discovered during some of the earth-moving work at the site… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
AT SAVANNAH RIVER
NRC PANEL RULES IN FAVOR OF MOX CONSTRUCTION LICENSE NS&D Monitor 3/07/2014 A Nuclear Regulatory Commission legal panel late last week ruled in favor of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility contractor in a longstanding challenge to the facility’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
WRAP UP: IN CONGRESS, IN DOE
NS&D Monitor 3/07/2014 IN CONGRESS A House Armed Services Committee hearing with Strategic Command and Pacific Command was postponed this week because of snow in Washington, D.C. Strategic Command chief Adm. Cecil Haney is likely to appear before the committee… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]