Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 18 No. 5

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

ACTING NNSA CHIEF VISITS Y-12 IN WAKE OF URANIUM INCIDENT

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 2/07/2014 Acting National Nuclear Security Administration chief Bruce Held met with Y-12 National Security Complex officials this week and held an all-hands meeting at the plant to address a material accountability incident involving… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
  • Defense & Military

    A NEW NUCLEAR CHEATING SCANDAL SURFACES WITHIN THE NAVY

    In Wake of Latest Incident, Hagel Pushes to Strengthen ‘Morale Character and Morale Courage’ Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 2/07/2014 Navy officials are now dealing with their own nuclear cheating scandal weeks after it was revealed that dozens… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    GAO HEARING ON Y-12/PANTEX PROTEST WRAPS UP AFTER THREE DAYS

    NS&D Monitor 2/07/2014 A Government Accountability Office hearing on a Babcock & Wilcox-led protest of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12/Pantex award stretched into three days this week, NW&M Monitor has learned. The hearing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    HOUSE ARMED SERVICES GOP, DEMS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT DNFSB STRIFE

    Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 2/07/2014 Republicans and Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee, who previously have sparred over legislative language about the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, both expressed concern this week about increasing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • International

    SENIOR GOP LAWMAKERS URGE OBAMA TO ACT ON RUSSIAN TREATY VIOLATION

    Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 2/07/2014 Three senior House Republicans late this week urged President Obama to take action against Russia for violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The New York Times reported Jan. 30 that acting Under Secretary… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    DOE REVEALS SSO, SCHEDULE FOR BNL PROCUREMENT

    Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 2/07/2014 Timothy Hallman, the Associate Director for Nuclear Physics in the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, will serve as the Source Selection Official for the Department’s Brookhaven National Laboratory procurement,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • International

    SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS PANEL CLEARS TWO STATE DEPT. NOMINEES

    Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 2/07/2014 A pair of key State Department arms control nominees were cleared by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week. Rose Gottemoeller, the President’s nominee to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    DESPITE U.S. PUSH, OUTLOOK NOT GOOD FOR FMCT AT CONF. ON DISARMAMENT

    Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 2/07/2014 In separate venues this week, a pair of senior American diplomats called for movement in the Conference on Disarmament on a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty, but the Geneva negotiating body appears to be as stymied as ever… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]

  • Defense & Military

    OBAMA NOMINATES TWO OFFICIALS TO TOP SPOTS IN PENTAGON POLICY SHOP

    Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 2/07/2014 President Obama has nominated a pair of Administration officials to fill key vacancies in the Pentagon’s policy shop. On Jan. 31, Obama nominated Christine Wormuth to be the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Life Extension Programs

    LOS ALAMOS, SANDIA COMPLETE ENVIRONMENT TEST ON REFURBISHED B61

    Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 2/07/2014 Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories recently com-pleted the first full-system mechanical environment test ona refurbished B61 nuclear bomb, marking a key milestone in the life extension program for the weapons… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • National Laboratories

    AT LIVERMORE

    IG: LAB MISUSED DOE RESOURCES ON DOCUMENTARY NS&D Monitor 2/07/2014 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory inappropriately used Department of Energy facilities and resources when it participated in a 2011 National Geographic documentary on the 1915 sinking… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • National Laboratories

    AT OAK RIDGE

    POWERS TO HEAD UP ORNL’S RESEARCH REACTORS DIVISION NS&D Monitor 2/07/2014 Tim Powers has been named director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Research Reactors Division, effective immediately, and will be in charge of operations at the lab’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    WRAP UP: IN THE INDUSTRY, IN THE ADMINISTRATION

    NS&D Monitor 2/07/2014 IN THE INDUSTRY Marking the first time a nonfamily member has been selected to lead Bechtel, Bill Dudley has been named the company’s new President and CEO, effective immediately. Dudley, who previously held the position of president… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]

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