Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 18 No. 28 House Passes FY2015 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
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Budget & Policy
White House to Nominate Nonproliferation Aide to Serve as New Deputy Energy Secretary
Mike Nartker NS&D Monitor 7/11/2014 The White House announced this week plans to nominate Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall from the National Security Council to serve as the next Deputy Secretary of Energy. Randall currently serves as Special Assistant to the President… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DOE: Push to Suspend Uranium Transfers Would Stop Work HEU Downblend Work
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 7/11/2014 Pushing back against an effort by ConverDyn to stop the Department of Energy’s uranium transfers, DOE this week told a court that suspending the transfers would force it to halt the highly enriched uranium downblend… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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International
House Lawmakers Question Vietnam Civil Nuclear Deal, Push for Congressional Vote on Agreements
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 7/11/2014 As a new controversial civilian nuclear deal with Vietnam sits before Congress, some members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee this week voiced opposition to the agreement. The Obama Administration sent the Vietnam… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Non-Proliferation
NNSA, State Officials Emphasize Innovations in Nonproliferation and Stockpile Stewardship
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 7/11/2014 Obama Administration officials emphasized the importance of innovations and new technologies in stockpile stewardship and nonproliferation at a State Department conference held in Washington this week. National Nuclear… 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
Watchdog Groups Call on NNSA to Prepare New EIS for Y-12
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 7/11/2014 The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, a network of activist, advocacy and watchdog organizations at sites around the nuclear weapons complex, is calling on the National Nuclear Security Administration to comply with… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
NNSA Enters into Agreement with Cray for New ‘Trinity’ Supercomputer
Mike Nartker NS&D Monitor 7/11/2014 The National Nuclear Security Administration has entered into a contract arrangement with Cray to develop a new supercomputer to aid the NNSA’s stockpile stewardship activities. ‘Trinity,’ as the new supercomputer… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
NNSA Creates New Position to Manage Uranium Programs
Mike Nartker NS&D Monitor 7/11/2014 The National Nuclear Security Administration created a new position of Uranium Program Manager this week to oversee all efforts to maintain the agency’s uranium manufacturing capabilities. Tim Driscoll from NNSA’s… 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
At Los Alamos
NS&D Monitor 7/11/2014 Los Alamos Amends Pro Force Work Expressions of Interest Los Alamos National Laboratory has dropped a requirement in its request for expressions of interest for its Protective Force Services subcontract relating to source selection criteria… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap Up: In the Industry
NS&D Monitor 7/11/2014 IN THE INDUSTRY Mark Baca, a former official at the National Nuclear Security Administration, has joined the consulting firm Longenecker & Associates as a senior associate. Prior to retiring from the NNSA in 2009, Baca served as… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Warhead & Weapons Development
At Kansas City
NS&D Monitor 7/11/2014 NNSA Administrator Klotz Visits Site, Helps With Move New National Nuclear Security Administration chief Frank Klotz made his first visit to the Kansas City Plant this week, and personally helped to complete the NNSA’s move to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
At Oak Ridge
NS&D Monitor 7/11/2014 Spallation Neutron Source Achieves Designed Beam Power The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has achieved its designed beam power of 1.4 megawatts eight years after construction was completed and operations began,.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]