Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 19 No. 24 DOE to Wrap Up Report Later This Year on Excess Facilities Across Complex
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International
House Blocks Amendment to FY 16 Defense Approps Bill to Address Russian Violation of INF Treaty
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 House lawmakers voted this week against an amendment offered to the Fiscal Year 2016 defense appropriations bill that would have moved $25 million from an Air Force procurement account to the defense-wide research and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Senate Appropriators Express Concern Over Sea-Based Deterrence Fund
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 Senate appropriators this week expressed concern about whether the Navy’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2016 accurately reflects the service’s most important priorities, including the Ohio-class… 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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Warhead & Weapons Development
Sen. Feinstein Blocks NDAA Amendment Aimed at Limiting Warhead Dismantlement
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) this week blocked a proposed amendment to the Senate version of the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act that would have prevented the Obama Administration from moving forward… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Sen. Rubio Files NDAA Amendment Aimed at Maintaining Current ICBM Alert Levels
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 Mirroring a House counterpart, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) this week submitted an amendment to the Senate version of the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act that would prohibit using Defense Department funds… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Defense & Military
Wilson to Start as STRATCOM Dep. Cmdr. in Late July
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson will assume the position of Deputy Commander of U.S. Strategic Command “at the end of July,” as current Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. James Kowalski retires, a STRATCOM spokesperson… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Must Improve Oversight Using Contractor Assurance Systems, GAO Says
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 The National Nuclear Security Administration must better establish guidance for its contractor oversight using information from contractor assurance systems (CAS), according to a Government Accountability Office… 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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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Defense Spending Bill Passes After House Approves Separate Fund for Ohio-Replacement
Valerie Insinna Defense Daily 6/12/2015 The House on June 11 passed its $578.6 billion defense spending bill for fiscal year 2016, after members voted to eliminate a prohibition on transferring funds for the Ohio-class replacement submarine to the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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National Laboratories
DOE to Investigate LANS and NSTec for Nuclear Safety Violations
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 The Department of Energy’s Office of Enforcement plans to investigate Los Alamos National Security and National Security Technologies for “losses of contamination control of highly enriched uranium”… 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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Transuranic Waste
New Los Alamos TRU Waste Facility To Be Completed On Time, Within Budget, Review Finds
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 The new Transuranic Waste Facility under construction at Los Alamos National Laboratory is on track to be completed ahead of schedule and on cost, a Department of Energy review has found. The new facility is intended… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Babcock & Wilcox Split to Go Into Effect July 1
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 The split of Babcock & Wilcox into two separate companies will go into effect July 1, B&W announced this week. The split will result in the creation of BWX Technologies, which will consist of B&W’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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National Laboratories
Los Alamos Guards Union Reaches Contract Agreement
Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 After five months of often tense contract negotiations, SOC-Los Alamos, the protective forces subcontractor for Los Alamos National Laboratory, has reached an agreement with labor union International Guards Union of… 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
Watchdog Group Calls for Review of Whether Top Navy Officials Violated Anti-Lobbying Laws
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 A government watchdog organization is concerned that two top Navy submarine officials might have violated anti-lobbying laws when they urged attendees of an October symposium to push their local Congressmen to support… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE IG Finds NNSA Cybersecurity Controls Weak
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 The National Nuclear Security Administration’s cybersecurity controls contain weaknesses that create vulnerabilities for the agency’s information systems, according to an audit report released this week by… 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
At Oak Ridge
Workers at Bldg. 9731 Experience Respiratory Issues NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 At least five employees at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant have experienced respiratory problems in recent months at Building 9731 – also known as the Pilot Plant because it was… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap Up
NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 IN THE DNFSB Zachery Beauvais has been appointed as the new Site Representative for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board at the Pantex Plant, the DNFSB announced this week. Beauvais, a DNFSB staff member since 2010 who previously… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged […]