Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 18 No. 25 Contemplating Competition, NNSA Issues RFI for Kansas City Plant
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Budget & Policy
INTERVIEW: Poneman Looks Back at DOE Tenure, Discusses Efforts to Improve NNSA Mgmt.
The following interview with Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman, who announced this week plans to leave DOE in the fall, was conducted by ExchangeMonitor Publications Editor-in-Chief Mike Nartker. NS&D Monitor 6/20/2014 To start things off, I think one of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
House Appropriators Again Take DOE to Task Over Project Management Concerns
Mike Nartker NS&D Monitor 6/20/2014 House appropriators are once again expressing concern over how the Department of Energy manages major projects in the Office of Environmental Management and the National Nuclear Security Administration. While DOE has made… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
House, Senate Spending Bills Boost MOX Funding and Prevent Move to ‘Cold Standby’
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… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
EDITORIAL: It’s Time to Separate Out Cleanup Work from Los Alamos, Other NNSA Sites
This is an idea whose time has come at last: The Department of Energy needs to break out cleanup work at Los Alamos National Laboratory and other National Nuclear Security Administration sites under separate contracts managed by the Office of Environmental Management. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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Warhead & Weapons Development
Senate E&W Approps Zeroes Out Funding for Nuclear Cruise Missile Warhead Replacement
Bill Hits Snag Over Carbon Emissions Amendment Controversy, Full Committee Markup Postponed Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 6/20/2014 The Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee cleared its version of the Fiscal Year 2015 Energy and Water Appropriations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
House Appropriators Endorse ‘More Realistic’ NNSA Modernization Strategy
Full House Committee Clears FY 2015 E&W Approps Bill, Providing $8.2B to NNSA Weapons Program Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 6/20/2014 The House Appropriations Committee cleared its version of the Fiscal Year 2015 Energy and Water Appropriations Act this… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Life Extension Programs
Nuclear Weapons Council Debating Expanding Scope of W88 Alt 370
Senior Navy Admiral Says Refreshing High Explosive in Warhead Under Consideration Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 6/20/2014 The Nuclear Weapons Council is currently examining expanding the scope of the W88 Alt 370, debating replacing the conventional high explosive… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
Deputy Energy Secretary Poneman to Leave DOE This Fall
Mike Nartker NS&D Monitor 6/20/2014 After five years, Daniel Poneman is stepping down as Deputy Energy Secretary this fall. Poneman’s departure plans were announced in a message Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz sent to employees late this week. “It… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Defense & Military
Senior Air Force Nuke Official Says Collaboration with Navy ‘Making Huge Progress’
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 6/20/2014 With the nation’s nuclear deterrent facing budgetary pressures, the Air Force and Navy in recent years have ramped up cooperation, and one of the Air Force’s top nuclear officials said this week that the cooperation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Defense & Military
StratCom Chief Continues to Advocate for Modernization
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 6/20/2014 With lawmakers raising questions about the Obama Administration’s ‘3+2’ strategy for modernizing the nation’s nuclear stockpile, Strategic Command chief Adm. Cecil Haney this week continued to advocate… 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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Contracts & Procurement
With the Completion of Y-12/Pantex Looming, CNS Going Through Final Readiness Reviews
70 Incumbent Employees Turn Down Job Offers from CNS Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 6/20/2014 With less than two weeks to go before the official transition of contractors at Y-12 and Pantex, Consolidated Nuclear Security is going through a series of final readiness… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Wrap Up
NS&D Monitor 6/20/2014 IN DOE Only one team is believed to have submitted a proposal for the Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory contract this week. Incumbent Brookhaven Science Associates—a partnership of Battelle and Stony Brook… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
At Oak Ridge
NS&D Monitor 6/20/2014 UPF Procurement Chief on Temporary Assignment in UK With the Uranium Processing Facility project in a lull while the National Nuclear Security Administration and its contractors put together a new strategy for how to proceed, the UPF… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
At Pantex
NS&D Monitor 6/20/2014 Wind Farm Project Completed Officials from the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Department of Energy, Siemens Government Technologies Inc. and Pantex Plant M&O contractor B&W Pantex this week officially launched… 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
At Kansas City
NS&D Monitor 6/20/2014 Klotz to Make First Visit to Plant on July 8 National Nuclear Security Administration chief Frank Klotz will continue his tour of the weapons complex when he visits the Kansas City Plant July 8. Klotz’s visit will be timed with… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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National Laboratories
At Los Alamos
NS&D Monitor 6/20/2014 LANSCE Refurbishment Meeting Targets, But Risks Remain Los Alamos National Laboratory is generally meeting its management milestones in the $253 million effort to refurbish its aging Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), according… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]