Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 19 No. 16 U.S. Working with NATO to Bring Russia Back into INF Compliance
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Ohio Replacement Could Cause $154B Navy Shortfall Over Next 19 Years
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 As the budgetary and strategic foundation for the rest of the Navy’s future shipbuilding program, the Ohio-class Replacement (OR) Program would cause a $154 billion total shortfall across Fiscal Years 16-35 at the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Dem. House Lawmaker: OCO Could Help U.S. Avert ‘Disaster’ for Nuclear Enterprise
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 The Fiscal Year 2016 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account could help the U.S. avert the “disaster” that sequestration would visit upon the Nuclear Enterprise, but the emergency war fund cloaks the… 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
NNSA Defers Decision on Severing Tritium Work From SRNS Contract Until 2016
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 The National Nuclear Security Administration won’t make a decision this year on adding the management of Savannah River tritium operations to Consolidated Nuclear Security’s Y-12/Pantex management and operating… 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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Non-Proliferation
House Appropriators Trim $134 Million From NNSA Weapons Budget for FY 2016
Nonprolif. Account Funding Largely Matches $1.9 Billion Request Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 Lawmakers on the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee cleared their version of the Fiscal Year 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations bill this… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
LRSB Loss Could Have Domino Effect across Company’s Different Business Segments
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 The forthcoming contract award for the Long Range Strike-Bomber (LRSB) could impact the losing team’s different business divisions, and handicap that team’s influence on Capitol Hill, according to industry… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Kendall: DoD Can’t Afford to Modernize Triad
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 The Defense Department can’t afford to build the Ohio-class Replacement (OR), the long range strike-bomber, the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, the long-range standoff weapon, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer… 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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National Laboratories
LANL Preparing Contingency Guard Force as Pro Force Bargaining Talks Stall
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 The collective bargaining agreement between Los Alamos National Laboratory and its protective force workers expires next week, and with negotiations deadlocked, the lab is readying a contingency force that would take over… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
American Centrifuge Could Get $50 Million in Reprogramming Under House Bill
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 House appropriators are looking to give the National Nuclear Security Administration $50 million in reprogramming authority above a base level of funding in Fiscal Year 2016 to support a program sustaining the American… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Senate Lawmakers Push NNSA to Maintain Scientific Balance at Laboratories
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 With a significant focus in the National Nuclear Security Administration on modernizing the nation’s nuclear stockpile, lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee this week urged the agency… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Pantex Union Workers Eyeing Possible Strike
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 Union-represented workers at the Pantex Plant are eyeing a possible strike over medical, sick leave and other benefits, but union officials remain in negotiations with contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security. Clarence… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
SSP to Contract with Lockheed for Trident Navigation Subsystem Support
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 Strategic Systems Programs SSP announced on April 14 it intends to contract with Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training to support the Trident 2’s Navigation Subsystem. The contractor will provide support of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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International
NYT Editorial Board: Putin’s Nuclear Threats ‘Set a New Benchmark’ for East-West Hostility
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 The New York Times Editorial Board published editorial April 16 criticizing Russian President Vladimir’s recent actions, including nuclear saber-rattling which is part of Putin’s “alarming behavior.”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NRC Kicks Off Special Investigation at NFS After Incident
Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week kicked off a special investigation of an unplanned chemical reaction earlier this month at the Nuclear Fuel Services facility in Erwin, Tenn. According to the NRC, a two-liter… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Oak Ridge
Hall Named Head of DOE Oak Ridge Office NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 Kevin Hall, who came to Oak Ridge in 2013 following a series of management positions at the Savannah River Site Office, has been named manager of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]
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National Laboratories
At Livermore
No Settlement in Age Discrimination Lawsuit NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 There could be a third trial in the long-running age discrimination case involving Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory after two mediation sessions ended inconclusively last week. LLNL officials… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up
NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 IN THE DNFSB The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board would be funded at $29.9 million next year under the House version of the Fiscal Year 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, reported out of subcommittee this week. The bill… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]