Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 18 No. 11 GAO SHEDS LIGHT ON REJECTION OF B&W’S LATEST Y-12/PANTEX PROTEST
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
SOUTH CAROLINA CONSIDERS LEGAL ACTION ON MOX
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 3/14/2014 As South Carolina considers potential legal action to fight the planned suspension of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, officials are pushing the Obama Administration on how it plans to fulfill its surplus… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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International
REPORTS SUGGEST RUSSIA THREATENING TO HALT WEAPONS INSPECTIONS
Response to Sanctions Over Ukraine Would be ‘Serious Development,’ But U.S. Hasn’t Formally Heard Threat Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/14/2014 Russia has not directly told the United States that it could halt U.S. arms control inspections… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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International
SENS. SEEK TO DELAY SASC VOTE ON DOD NOM. OVER ‘MISLEADING’ INF ANSWERS
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/14/2014 A pair of Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee are accusing Pentagon policy nominee Brian McKeon of providing “misleading” answers to questions about Senate notification of potential Russian violations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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National Laboratories
TERMINATION OF LUJAN CENTER FUNDING STOKES LANL FEARS FOR LANSCE
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/14/2014 The President’s Fiscal Year 2015 budget released last week proposes terminating $10 million in Department of Energy Office of Science funding for the Lujan Neutron Scattering Center at Los Alamos National Laboratory,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
RED TEAM ANALYZING UPF ALTERNATIVES BEGINS VISIT TO Y-12
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 3/14/2014 The NNSA’s Red Team investigating alternatives to the Uranium Processing Facility spent a whirlwind three and a half days this week at Y-12, getting briefings and an up-close look at the Oak Ridge plant’s uranium… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Non-Proliferation
SENIOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL DEFENDS FY2015 NONPROLIF. BUDGET REQUEST
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 3/14/2014 A senior White House official this week continued to defend the Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year 2015 budget request for threat reduction and nonproliferation work, suggesting that the request was adequate to meet… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
NEW Y-12/PX CONTRACTOR ADDRESSES EMPLOYEES AS TRANSITION BEGINS
Todd Jacobson and Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 3/14/2014 With transition underway to new Y-12/Pantex contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security, CNS President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Haynes said the company has already completed five key deliverables… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Contracts & Procurement
NNSA OFFICIAL LISTS NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH DOE SMALL BIZ CONTRACTING
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 3/14/2014 A National Nuclear Security Administration official last week outlined a host of concerns with the way NNSA and Department of Energy small business contracting is impacting industry, including in the list reverse auctions,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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International
DUTCH MED ISOTOPE COMPANY WON’T MEET 2015 DEADLINE FOR LEU SWITCH
Jeremy Dillon NS&D Monitor 3/14/2014 A Dutch medical isotope company will not meet its goal of shifting to the use of low enriched uranium for the production of molybdenum-99 by the 2015 target date, according to a meeting held this week with White House… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]
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National Laboratories
AT LOS ALAMOS
PAUL HENRY TO SERVE AS ACTING DEPUTY LAB DIRECTOR NS&D Monitor 3/14/2014 Paul Henry, Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Principal Associate Director for Capital Projects, will serve as the lab’s acting Deputy Director with the sudden departure of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
AT OAK RIDGE
WARHEAD PART DROPPED AT Y-12 FACILITY NS&D Monitor 3/14/2014 The National Nuclear Security Administration called its “unique” event, but the dropping of a nuclear warhead part during an evaluation procedure in January appeared to be a recurrence… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
WRAP UP: IN THE NNSA, IN THE INDUSTRY, IN CONGRESS
NS&D Monitor 3/14/2014 IN THE NNSA The National Nuclear Security Administration late last week opened a procurement for facilities maintenance services at the Office of Secure Transportation and the agency’s Albuquerque Complex, issuing a draft Request… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]