Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 18 No. 36 Officials Push for New Air Force Modernization Fund, Make the Case for Strategic Funding
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Life Extension Programs
Sandia Labs Chief Says B61 OK Under a CR—For Now
Hommert: B61 Can ‘Survive’ Short-term Stopgap Funding Measure, but Long-Term CR ‘Gets Dicier’ Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 Engineering work at Sandia National Laboratories on the refurbishment of the B61 bomb will continue… 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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Budget & Policy
NNSA Advisory Panel Wrapping Up Work, but Report’s Release Before or After Election Unclear
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 The Congressional advisory panel on the governance of the nuclear security enterprise is close to completing its work, co-chairman Norm Augustine said in a recent interview with NS&D Monitor, but it’s unclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
LANL Director Emphasizes Advantages of Keeping Cleanup Work in Contract
N.M. Regulator Has Called for LANL Cleanup to be Taken Out of NNSA Kenneth Fletcher and Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 Following a call from New Mexico’s environmental regulator to break out the cleanup work at Los Alamos National Laboratory,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Non-Proliferation
U.S. Officials to Continue Push for CTBT Ratification
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 The Obama Administration continues to plan to for U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, although getting enough Republican support for ratification remains an uphill battle, senior Administration… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate Confirms New DOE Deputy Secretary
Mike Nartker NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 The Senate late this week confirmed the Obama Administration’s choice of Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall to serve as the next Deputy Secretary of Energy. Sherwood-Randall last served as Special Assistant to the President… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Defense & Military
Weber Says He’s Likely to Stay in Administration After Leaving DoD NCB Position
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 Andrew Weber, who is stepping down as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs, is likely to continue to stay in the Obama Administration, he told NS&D Monitor this… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Y-12 Moving Forward With Alternative Strategy for UPF
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 The National Nuclear Security Administration appears to be moving forward with plans to implement the Red Team recommendation on an alternative strategy to the all-in-one and too-expensive Uranium Processing Facility.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Air Force to Provide $500 Million Toward Global Strike Command Force Improvement Program
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 As the Air Force is downsizing, $500 million will reinvigorate Global Strike Command’s Future Years Defense Program, and the command will bring in more than 1,100 people during the next several years as part of its… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Defense & Military
Robert Scher Nominated as Asst. Sec. of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 President Obama has nominated Robert Scher to be the new Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities in a move to replace Madelyn Creedon, who left the Pentagon to serve as the Principal Deputy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate Absent From Strategic Forces ‘Pre-Conference’ NDAA Talks
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 With work on the Fiscal Year 2015 Defense Authorization Act pushed back until after the November Congressional elections, House and Senate Armed Services Committee members began meeting this week for “pre-conference”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
CH2M Hill Announces ‘Restructuring’ Plan, Including Workforce Reductions
Mike Nartker NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 CH2M Hill is looking to reduce its workforce by approximately 1,200 people out of 26,000 employees as part of a new restructuring plan that the company said last week is intended to generate approximately $100 million in… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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National Laboratories
DOE Office of Science Moving to More Autonomy for Labs, Official Says
Kenneth Fletcher and Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has given more autonomy to national laboratories from headquarters on management and budget decisions, a DOE official this week told a panel tasked… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
Sens. Durbin, Risch Establish National Laboratory Caucus
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 Sens. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) have formally established a bipartisan Senate National Laboratory Caucus aimed at rallying funding and policy support for the Department of Energy’s 17 institutions.… 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
Longtime UPF Procurement Manager Rich Brown Leaving for UK Project NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 Rich Brown, the longtime procurement manager on the Uranium Processing Facility project, is leaving UPF to support a new project in the United Kingdom for Bechtel Systems… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Non-Proliferation
At Los Alamos
NNSA Asks DOE IG to Investigate Case of Fired LANL Nonprolif. Expert NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 National Nuclear Security Administration chief Frank Klotz is asking the Department of Energy’s Inspector General to look into whether a Los Alamos National Laboratory… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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National Laboratories
At Livermore
Sandia Official to Serve as Director of National Ignition Facility NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 Sandia National Laboratories official Mark Hermann will take over as the new director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility Oct.… 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
Wrap Up: In the Industry, On the International Front
NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 IN THE INDUSTRY All pending legal challenges to AECOM’s planned acquisition of URS have been dismissed, according to a URS filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week. Beginning in late July, seven class action… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]