Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 18 No. 42 U.S. Nuclear Experts Attach Little Significance to Putin’s Call for Further Arms Reductions
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Contracts & Procurement
Decision on Kansas City Plant Contract Coming ‘Very Soon,’ NNSA Chief Says
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 With about 11 months left before Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies’ contract to run the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City National Security Campus expires, NNSA Administrator… 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
G4S Government Solutions to be Bought by Private Equity Firm
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 G4S Government Solutions, the G4S subsidiary formerly known as the security contractor Wackenhut, will be sold to private equity firm Alvarez & Marsal Capital Security Holdings, LLC, NS&D Monitor has learned.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DNFSB Vote Records Offer Insight Into Board Deliberations, Operations
Member Sullivan Voted Against Emergency Preparedness Recommendation Mike Nartker and Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 Over the past two years, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board members have clashed on a number of issues, from a recent recommendation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
CNS Awards Subcontract to Bechtel National For UPF Construction
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 Consolidated Nuclear Security, the Bechtel-led team that took over management of Y-12 and Pantex in July, has awarded a no fee subcontract to its parent company Bechtel National, Inc. to build the Uranium Processing Facility,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Contracts & Procurement
PEC Adds to Protest of DOE HSS Support Services Contract
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 Project Enhancement Corporation, the contractor protesting a Department of Energy technical and security support services contract for what was formally known as the Office of Health, Safety and Security, added several… 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
CB&I Names New MOX Project Manager as Trice Moves to Corporate Post
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 In a management change at the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility project this week, CB&I AREVA MOX Services has named David Del Vecchio as the next president and project manager while current project head Kelly… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
IG: DOE Should Keep Strengthening Cybersecurity Program
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 The Department of Energy should take more steps to strengthen its cybersecurity program, DOE’s Office of Inspector General said in a report released this week. Cybersecurity has been a growing area of concern… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
ATK Reviewing Merger with Orbital after Failed Rocket Launch
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 ATK senior managers are reviewing the planned merger of the company’s aerospace and defense divisions with Orbital Sciences after Orbital’s Antares rocket exploded during liftoff on Oct. 28 at Wallops Island,… 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 Savannah River
NRC Finds No MOX Violations in Third Quarter NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission found no violations or deviations for the period from July 1 through Sept. 30, 2014, the agency told contractor CB&I AREVA MOX Services in an Oct. 16… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Non-Proliferation
Disarmament Groups Call for U.S. Participation in Humanitarian Impacts Conference
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 The United States should participate in the upcoming Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, scheduled to be held in Vienna in early December, more than two dozen arms control advocates, nuclear policy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Non-Proliferation
U.S. Votes Against Measure on Reducing High-Alert Status of Nukes in U.N. Commission Session
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 The United States unsuccessfully opposed a draft resolution calling for steps to reduce the high-alert status of nuclear weapon systems during a meeting of the First Committee of the U.N. General Assembly. The United… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
At Sandia
Lab Completes Flight, Drop Tests on W88 Nuclear Warhead NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 Sandia National Laboratories has successfully completed flight and drop tests for a new variation of the W88 nuclear warhead, the lab said this week. The flight and drop tests… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
At Pantex
DOE IG Raises Concerns With Pantex Corrective Actions Systems NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 New Pantex Plant contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security should strengthen its corrective actions systems, the Department of Energy’s Inspector General said in an… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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National Laboratories
At Oak Ridge
Spallation Neutron Source Runs Into More Problems NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 Problems keep mounting at the Spallation Neutron Source, with yet another target-vessel failure and lost research time at one of the Department of Energy’s top research facilities.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Defense & Military
Wrap Up: On the International Front, In the Air Force, In the Navy, In the NGOs
NS&D Monitor 10/31/2014 ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT The Russian Navy this week successfully test-launched a newly developed unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile, according to Associated Press reports. The Yuri Dolguruky SSBN test-fired the Bulava missile… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]