Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 19 No. 35 Y-12 Contractor Following Self-Identified Recommendations to Correct CONOPS Issues
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Air Force Converts First B-52 Bomber from Nuclear to Conventional-Only Capability
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 9/18/2015 The first of 30 operational B-52H bombers has been converted “from a nuclear to a conventional only capability aircraft” at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, Air Force Global Strike Command announced… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Air Force Releases Second RFI for GBSD
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 09/18/2015 The Air Force on Sept. 11 issued its second request for information for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, sending the acquisition effort closer to liftoff. The RFI notes the Air Force is seeking a “modular systems… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
AF/Navy Ballistic Missile Commonality Study Nearing Completion
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/18/2015 The managers of the Navy’s Trident 2 D5 program and the Air Force’s soon-to-start acquisition of the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent will by Oct. 17 brief key Defense Department brass on a 2 1/2-month-old… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
At Oak Ridge
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 09/18/2015 Y-12 Labor Agreement Extended Again Amid a flurry of labor-related activities in Oak Ridge, Consolidated Nuclear Security has reached an agreement with the Atomic Trades and Labor Council to extend their existing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
DOE IG: Sandia Audit Identifies Millions in “Unresolved Costs”
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 9/18/2015 The Department of Energy (DOE) is questioning millions of dollars in “unresolved costs” at Sandia Corp. in fiscal 2013 and several years prior, according to a DOE Inspector General’s Office (IG) report… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Federal Agency to Mediate Pantex Strike
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/18/2015 A federal mediation agency on Wednesday announced it will intervene in the ongoing strike by Pantex Plant workers represented by the Metal Trades Council, which reached its 22nd day today. Neither site contractor Consolidated… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Centerra Starts LANL Protective Force Work
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/18/2015 The Centerra Group started working its protective forces subcontract at the Los Alamos National Laboratory on Wednesday, ending SOC’s 23-year run heading security at the Department of Energy facility. A LANL spokesman… 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
DOE Cuts American Centrifuge Project Funding
Jeremy L. Dillon NS&D Monitor 9/18/2015 The Department of Energy will no longer provide funding for Centrus’ American Centrifuge project operations at its Piketon, Ohio facility, the company confirmed late last week. The announcement also noted a one-year… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
NNSA Seeks Past Performance Evaluation Criteria Input from NNSS Contract Bidders
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 9/18/2015 The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is seeking feedback on its contract evaluation criteria from potential bidders for management and operation of the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), according to… 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
AFGSC on Schedule to Absorb 377th ABW, B-1, and LRSB Programs This Month
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/18/2015 Air Force Global Strike Command remains on track to by Oct. 1 take in an additional 9,500 personnel and 63 aircraft through absorbing the 377th Air Base Wing, along with the long-range strike bomber and B-1 programs, AFGSC… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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Transuranic Waste
LANL Preparing Safety Basis Changes to Resume TRU Waste Operations
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 9/18/2015 The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is taking steps to address materials-at-risk (MAR) concerns to resume transuranic (TRU) waste receipts at its Area G nuclear waste disposal site, according to a Defense Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Non-Proliferation
Key State Dept. Nonproliferation Office Has Mostly Effective Internal Controls, Audit Finds
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/18/2015 Internal controls for financial management of the State Department’s Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (NDF), which operates within the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN), were “designed… 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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Non-Proliferation
DTRA Awards $16.9M to Parsons for Nuclear Security Work in Ukraine
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 9/18/2015 The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has awarded Parsons Government Services International a $16,937,062 task order for nuclear security work in Kiev, Ukraine, the Department of Defense announced last Friday. 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
Wrap Up
09/18/2015 NS&D Monitor IN THE NAVY Navy Adm. John Richardson will at 1 p.m. today assume his position as Chief of Naval Operations at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and current CNO Adm. Jonathan Greenert will retire. Before the change of command,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]