Nuclear Security & Deterrence Vol. 19 No. 36 HASC Seapower Ranking Member: New CNO Should Advance Navy’s No. 1 Priority
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Non-Proliferation
Caribbean is HEU-Free Following Uranium Transfer from Jamaica to U.S.
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 9/25/2015 The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said this week that its repatriation of about 1 kilogram of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from a Jamaican research reactor to the Department of Energy’s (DOE)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
IG Finds “Limited White House Participation” in DOE FOIA Process
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 9/25/2015 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case files required to be shared between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the White House at times lack “pertinent” documentation, the DOE Inspector General‘s Office… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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National Laboratories
DOE: LANS Management Should Follow on Resolving Misclassification Incidents
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 9/25/2015 The Department of Energy (DOE) has called on the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) managing contractor to give greater attention to ensuring the proper execution of corrective actions following misclassification… 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
CR Would Affect Early Acquisition of GBSD: AF
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 09/25/2015 A continuing budget resolution set for three months or longer would likely affect the early acquisition stages for the $62.3 billion Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, even though the program is not a new start, Air Force… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Non-Proliferation
Fed Agencies Fail To Visit 11 Foreign Sites Hosting U.S. Nuclear Material
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 9/25/2015 The Department of Energy (DOE) and other agencies tasked with conducting global nonproliferation operations have not conducted physical security visits to 11 foreign nuclear sites containing over 3,500 kilograms of U.S.-origin… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Awards Environmental Management “Bridge” Contract to Los Alamos Manager
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 09/25/2015 The Energy Department Office of Environmental Management has awarded Los Alamos National Laboratory contractor Los Alamos National Security a one-year cost-plus-award fee “bridge” contract with a maximum value… 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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Plutonium Pit Production
DNFSB Identifies Alternative Storage Options for MAR at PF-4
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 9/25/2015 The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) should use alternative storage locations at its Plutonium Facility (PF-4) to facilitate nuclear material-at-risk (MAR) minimization and protection from hazards associated with… 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
Richardson to Appeal to Wash., Idaho Lawmakers to Support MOX
Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 09/25/2015 Former Energy Secretary and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson this week said he plans to ask political leaders from Idaho and Washington state to join him in pushing construction of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
CNS: Negotiations Resume as Pantex Worker Strike Continues
Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 9/25/2015 Negotiations have resumed between Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS), the managing contractor of the Pantex Plant in Texas, and the Metal Trades Council, the union representing some of its employees, as a strike by… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Y-12 Nuclear Material Shipping Error Involved Uranium, NNSA Says
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 9/25/2015 The National Nuclear Security Administration has acknowledged that a July shipment of an excess amount of special nuclear material from the Y-12 site to a commercial facility was uranium, but a spokesman refused to specify… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]