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- GAO DISMISSES B&W-LED PROTEST OF NNSA Y-12/PANTEX CONTRACT
- CLARITY EXPECTED NEXT WEEK ON FUTURE OF MOX PROJECT
- NEW DETAILS EMERGE ON MGMT. STRIFE WITHIN DNFSB
- HELD: DOE/NNSA NEED ‘MORE AGILE’ RELATIONSHIP WITH NAT’L LABS
- HANEY TOUTS MODERNIZATION IN FACE OF PRESSURE FROM REPUBLICANS
- DEFENSE SECRETARY: NUCLEAR TRIAD WILL SURVIVE PENTAGON BUDGET CUTS
- ADMIN. OFFICIAL: CONGRESS NOTIFIED IN 2010 OF POTENTIAL INF TREATY VIOLATION
- KLOTZ, ROBINSON NOMINATIONS REMAIN STALLED IN SENATE
- INTERIM NNSA GOVERNANCE PANEL REPORT EXPECTED IN LATE MARCH
- UNIONS TAKE WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH ON NEW DOE SAFETY REORGANIZATION
- DOE OFFICIAL: DEPT. EXAMINING IDEA OF NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT ORG.
- LATEST EARNINGS REPORT FOR BABCOCK & WILCOX A MIXED BAG
- PADUCAH LASER ENRICHMENT PLANT LICENSE APPLICATION COMING IN SEPT.
- DOE SAYS IT’S MAKING PROGRESS ON WORK PLANNING IMPROVEMENTS
- INTERVIEW: Maj. Gen. Alston Discusses the Air Force Nuclear Mission
- AT LIVERMORE
- AT LOS ALAMOS
- AT OAK RIDGE
- WRAP UP: IN CONGRESS, IN THE INDUSTRY, ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT
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- ACTING NNSA CHIEF SIGNALS POTENTIAL FEE CHANGE FOR M&O CONTRACTORS
- LARRY WELCH HONORED WITH JOHNNY FOSTER AWARD
- NEW DATA ON W78, W88 DRIVING DELAY TO INTEROPERABLE WARHEAD PROGRAM
- RAND STUDY ENDORSES MODEST UPGRADE OF MINUTEMAN III ICBM
- AIR FORCE LAUNCHES MORE REVIEWS FOLLOWING CHEATING SCANDAL
- DOE UNVEILS NEW APPROACH FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY
- MOX PROJECT STILL HASN’T RECEIVED $59 MILLION IN REPROGRAMMED FUNDS
- URS PRESIDENT AND COO RESIGNS AMID DOWN 2013 RESULTS
- REPORT FROM ‘RED TEAM’ EXAMINING UPF ALTERNATIVES DUE BY MID-APRIL
- HELD CONFIRMS Y-12 URANIUM INCIDENT INVOLVED 20 GRAMS OF URANIUM OXIDE
- PRESIDENT SIGNS TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF SOUTH KOREA CIVIL NUCLEAR DEAL
- NRC FINDS NO VIOLATIONS IN LATEST INSPECTION PERIOD
- AT LOS ALAMOS
- AT LIVERMORE
- WRAP UP: IN CONGRESS
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- Contemplating Competition, NNSA Issues RFI for Kansas City Plant
- INTERVIEW: Poneman Looks Back at DOE Tenure, Discusses Efforts to Improve NNSA Mgmt.
- House Appropriators Again Take DOE to Task Over Project Management Concerns
- House, Senate Spending Bills Boost MOX Funding and Prevent Move to ‘Cold Standby’
- EDITORIAL: It’s Time to Separate Out Cleanup Work from Los Alamos, Other NNSA Sites
- Senate E&W Approps Zeroes Out Funding for Nuclear Cruise Missile Warhead Replacement
- House Appropriators Endorse ‘More Realistic’ NNSA Modernization Strategy
- Nuclear Weapons Council Debating Expanding Scope of W88 Alt 370
- Deputy Energy Secretary Poneman to Leave DOE This Fall
- Senior Air Force Nuke Official Says Collaboration with Navy ‘Making Huge Progress’
- StratCom Chief Continues to Advocate for Modernization
- With the Completion of Y-12/Pantex Looming, CNS Going Through Final Readiness Reviews
- Wrap Up
- At Oak Ridge
- At Pantex
- At Kansas City
- At Los Alamos
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- ACTING NNSA CHIEF VISITS Y-12 IN WAKE OF URANIUM INCIDENT
- A NEW NUCLEAR CHEATING SCANDAL SURFACES WITHIN THE NAVY
- GAO HEARING ON Y-12/PANTEX PROTEST WRAPS UP AFTER THREE DAYS
- HOUSE ARMED SERVICES GOP, DEMS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT DNFSB STRIFE
- SENIOR GOP LAWMAKERS URGE OBAMA TO ACT ON RUSSIAN TREATY VIOLATION
- DOE REVEALS SSO, SCHEDULE FOR BNL PROCUREMENT
- SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS PANEL CLEARS TWO STATE DEPT. NOMINEES
- DESPITE U.S. PUSH, OUTLOOK NOT GOOD FOR FMCT AT CONF. ON DISARMAMENT
- OBAMA NOMINATES TWO OFFICIALS TO TOP SPOTS IN PENTAGON POLICY SHOP
- LOS ALAMOS, SANDIA COMPLETE ENVIRONMENT TEST ON REFURBISHED B61
- AT LIVERMORE
- AT OAK RIDGE
- WRAP UP: IN THE INDUSTRY, IN THE ADMINISTRATION
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- TENSIONS AT DNFSB AS SATISFACTION RAPIDLY DECLINES, IG PROBES CONCERNS
- OBAMA STATE OF THE UNION: GIVE NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY A CHANCE TO SUCCEED IN IRAN
- NNSA RELEASES DETAILED FY 2013 FEE INFO FOR WEAPONS COMPLEX SITES
- AIR FORCE CHEATING SCANDAL WIDENS; SECRETARY SEES ‘SYSTEMIC’ PROBLEMS
- LAWMAKERS GRILL ADMIN. OVER REQUIREMENTS FOR CIVIL NUKE DEALS
- GAO HEARING ON Y-12/PANTEX PROTEST DELAYED UNTIL FEB. 3
- REPORT SUGGESTS RUSSIA VIOLATING INTERMEDIATE-RANGE NUCLEAR TREATY
- USEC, DOE LAUNCH NEW EXTENSION OF AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE R&D PROGRAM
- SENTENCING FOR Y-12 PROTESTERS TAKES SURPRISING TURN DUE TO SNOW
- B&W PANTEX ACCUSES PANTEX GUARDS UNION OF INTENTIONAL ‘SICK-OUT’
- JAPAN AGREES TO RETURN 730 POUNDS OF PLUTONIUM TO UNITED STATES
- DNFSB CLOSES 2009 RISK ASSESSMENT RECOMMENDATION
- AT PANTEX
- AT KANSAS CITY
- AT OAK RIDGE
- WRAP UP: IN CONGRESS, IN THE INDUSTRY
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- CHUCK SPENCER LEAVING Y-12 TO RETURN TO B&W HEADQUARTERS
- REPORTS OUTLINE BIG SPENDING NEEDS FOR NUKE DETERRENT, RAISE QUESTIONS
- DEFENSE SEC. HAGEL VOICES SUPPORT FOR NUCLEAR DETERRENT FUNDING
- B&W OFFICIAL: THERE’S ‘MERIT’ IN RESTARTING Y-12/PX PROCUREMENT
- ADMIN. RETURNS DOZENS OF NOMS TO SENATE, INCLUDING DOE/NNSA PICKS
- SHORT TERM CR COULD BE NEEDED AS APPROPRIATORS FINISH OMNIBUS
- IG: LANL SECURITY PROJECT PROBLEMS NOT REVEALED UNTIL TOO LATE
- NTI NUKE SECURITY INDEX RECOGNIZES SECURITY PROGRESS, CHALLENGES
- OBAMA SENDS TAIWAN CIVIL NUCLEAR AGREEMENT TO CONGRESS
- DOE MAKING PROGRESS ON CLOSING OPEN DNFSB RECOMMENDATIONS
- AT LIVERMORE
- AT PANTEX
- AT OAK RIDGE
- AT SAVANNAH RIVER
- WRAP UP: IN DNFSB, IN THE INDUSTRY, IN MEMORIAM
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- NNSA WEAPONS, NONPROLIF. ACCOUNT FAIR WELL IN OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL
- DOE, SHAW AREVA IN NEGOTIATIONS TO RESTRUCTURE MOX CONTRACT
- CORKER CALLS ON HAGEL TO PROVIDE ‘NECESSARY’ FUNDING FOR DETERRENT
- CREEDON: REMAINING IN DOE IN ‘LONG-TERM BEST INTERESTS’ OF NNSA
- NNSA TO DEVELOP ‘ALTERNATIVE’ FOR URANIUM PROCESSING FACILITY
- OAK RIDGE LAB DIRECTOR THOM MASON TO HEAD UP UPF ‘RED TEAM’
- DOE CONSIDERING CREATING NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION
- ADMINISTRATION IN NEGOTIATIONS ON SEVERAL 123 AGREEMENTS IN 2014
- CHEATING SCANDAL LATEST BLACK EYE FOR AIR FORCE NUCLEAR MISSION
- INTERVIEWS IN LIVERMORE LAB DIRECTOR SEARCH EXPECTED IN MARCH
- SENATE COMMITTEE PUSHES BACK VOTES ON TWO NONPROLIF. NOMINEES
- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PURSUING NEXT GENERATION SUPERCOMPUTERS
- URS ANNOUNCES NEW MGMT. CHANGES IN ITS GMOS UNIT
- SENATE ENERGY PANEL AGAIN CLEARS DOE NOMINEES
- DOE IN CONTRACT TALKS WITH FORMER PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL
- AT LOS ALAMOS
- AT SANDIA
- AT OAK RIDGE
- WRAP UP: IN STRATCOM, IN THE NGOs
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- GAO TO HOLD HEARING ON Y-12/PANTEX PROTEST NEXT WEEK
- PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT FISCAL YEAR 2015 BUDGET ON MARCH 4
- DNFSB RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT EXIT STRATEGY FOR CMR FACILITY
- SMALL BUSINESSES RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT NEW SUBCONTRACTING RULES
- DEFENSE SECRETARY HAGEL ORDERS REVIEWS OF AIR FORCE NUCLEAR MISSION
- NNSA DIRECTS FIVE-YEAR ‘LAY UP’ OF WASTE SOLIDIFICATION BUILDING
- UK: REUSE REMAINS PREFERRED OPTION FOR SEPARATED PLUTONIUM
- DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD REPORT HIGHLIGHTS NUCLEAR MONITORING GAPS
- SIZE OF U.S. NUCLEAR ARSENAL REMAINS STABLE ACCORDING TO ESTIMATES
- AT OAK RIDGE
- WRAP UP: IN THE WHITE HOUSE, IN CONGRESS, IN THE INDUSTRY
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- Wrap Up: In Congress, In DNFSB, In the Industry
- At Oak Ridge
- At Livermore
- GAO Critical of Security of Industrial Radiological Sources
- Klotz Pleased with Ongoing Y-12/Pantex Transition
- GAO Report Suggests DoD, like NNSA, Underestimating Modernization Costs
- DOE Safety and Security Reorg. Slowing Down Enforcement Actions, Official Says
- House FY15 E&W Appropriations Bill Would Rescind Old USEC Funding
- Klotz to Make Visit to Pantex Plant this Week as Part of 100-day Plan
- Report on NATO Nuclear Cost-sharing Added to House Defense Approps Bill
- HASC Strategic Forces Chair: Russia in ‘Material Breach’ of INF Treaty
- NNSA Weapons Program Endures Slight Cut in House E&W Approps Bill
- New NNSA Chief ‘Categorically Rejects’ Suggestion That Agency Is ‘Failed Experiment’
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- Klotz Confirms NNSA Pivot to Scaled-back Approach on UPF
- Senate Panel Urges Streamlining of First Parts of LANL Plutonium Project
- Senior NNSA Official Lempke Leaving Agency for Job in Private Sector
- Senate FY15 Def. Auth Bill Directs Doe to Continue MOX
- Incoming Y-12/Pantex President Describes ‘Fair Deal’ for Workers
- KC Plant Move Expected to Be Done in July, One Month Ahead of Schedule
- Air Force Announces Plans to Strengthen Nuclear Mission
- White House Looks to Fill Vacancy on Defense Board
- DNFSB Raises Concerns about Analysis of ‘Falling Man’ Accidents at Pantex
- At Savannah River
- At Oak Ridge
- At Pantex
- Wrap Up: In the NNSA
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- DOE’s Podonsky, Moury on New Safety/Security Approach
- IG Clears Kansas City QA Program Despite Recent Parts Problem
- At Oak Ridge
- Major Management Shakeup in Store for UPF Project
- Senate Armed Services Moves to Strengthen NNSA Project Mgmt.
- IG: MOX Project ‘Largely Unsuccessful’ in Controlling Cost and Schedule
- GOP Calls on State IG to Investigate Knowledge of Russian INF Violations
- DNFSB Member Stresses ‘Leadership’ in Ensuring Strong Safety Culture
- Sen. Menendez Introduces Bill Approving Vietnam ‘123’ Deal
- Concern, but No Fines, from DOE for Complex-Wide Roof Project Mishaps
- Nonprolif. Groups Petition White House for More Nuke Security Funding
- Wrap Up: In the NNSA
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- House Wraps up Work on FY 2015 Nat’l Defense Authorization Act
- MOX Project Would See Funding Boost in FY15 Senate Def. Auth. Bill
- E&W Gets Slight Boost in FY 2015 Senate Approps Subcommittee Allocations
- Energy Sec. Announces Selections for Lab ‘Effectiveness’ Panel
- DNFSB Raises Questions about Efforts to Restart Operations at LANL’S PF-4
- Anti-Nuclear Group Again Urges ‘Curatorship’ Approach to Stockpile
- House Approves Bill That Would Lower DNFSB Employee Cap
- At Savannah River
- At Oak Ridge
- Wrap Up: In the NNSA, In Congress, In the Industry, On the International Front
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- At Oak Ridge
- At Sandia
- Y-12 UPF Red Team Chair: Report Gets Positive Feedback from NNSA
- Bechtel’s Government Biz Unit Undergoes Management Reorg.
- GAO Questions Efficiencies Included in 2013 NNSA Report to Congress
- NNSA Governance Panel’s Interim Report Reveals Deep Mgmt. Concerns
- Wrap Up: In the Industry
- As House Takes up FY 2015 NDAA, Questions Surround MOX Funding
- U.S. Exercises Nuclear Forces in ‘Global Lightning 14’ Activities
- Meeting June 30 Los Alamos TRU Deadline Could Soon Be Impossible
- In Sandia Extension, NNSA Ups Available Fixed Fee, Cuts Back on At-Risk Money
- Pu Disposition Change Won’t Be Major Issue to Russia, U.S. Official Says
- Babcock & Wilcox Sets Sights on Expanded Role at Savannah River
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- New NNSA Administrator Reacts to UPF Red Team Recommendations
- SURA Decides Against Brookhaven Bid, Raises Questions about Competition
- Wrap Up: In the DNFSB, In the Industry
- ‘Zombie’ MOX Funding Boost Stripped out of FY 2015 Defense Auth. Act
- Attempt to Increase Funding for NNSA Dismantlement Work Thwarted
- House Appropriators Unveil $34.01B Allocation for E&W Subcommittee
- NNSA Completes Negotiations on 2-Year Extension to Sandia M&O Contract
- DNFSB to NNSA: Don’t Let Oversight Slip During Y-12/Pantex Transition
- New Y-12/Pantex Contractor Unveils Benefits Packages
- NNSA to Transfer $56.65 Million to New American Centrifuge Program
- Vietnam 123 Agreement Sent to Congress for 90-Day Review
- At Livermore
- At Los Alamos
- At Oak Ridge
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- UPF Red Team: Federal Mgmt. Changes Key to Moving out of 9212 by 2025
- House Republicans Seek to Speed up Some NNSA Modernization Efforts
- DOE Holds off on MOX Suspension, but Pressure from Congress Continues
- As Oak Ridge Takes over American Centrifuge, Lawmakers Question Funding
- U.S. Announces Active Deployed Stockpile of 4,804 Warheads
- Sen. Feinstein Vows to Fight Cuts to NNSA Nonproliferation Budget
- North Dakota Senator Urges Acceleration of ALCM Replacement
- House Republicans Take Aim at Arms Control Ambitions in Light of Ukraine
- GAO Calls into Question NNSA FY 2022 Dismantlement Goal
- Senate Bill Would Limit New Start Reductions, Arms Control Talks
- J-Lab Contractor SURA Considering Bid for Brookhaven Lab Contract
- Klotz to Begin Tour of Weapons Complex Next Week
- Op-Ed: The Wheel of Progress, and Security in the Wake of Y-12
- Livermore Official Named UC VP for Lab Management
- At Oak Ridge
- Wrap Up: In the DNFSB, In the Industry
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- Klotz Formally Sworn in as NNSA’s Fourth Full-Time Administrator
- Navy, Air Force Officials Push Expansion of Cooperation on Strategic Systems
- Questions Abound About Potential Bidders for Brookhaven M&O Contract
- Rebalanced Stockpile Stewardship Plan Sheds New Light on Future NNSA Plans
- Plans for Voluntary Layoffs at Y-12, Pantex Announced
- At Oak Ridge
- At Sandia
- At Livermore
- Red Team Examining Uranium Processing Alternatives at Y-12 Submits Report to NNSA
- DOE, USEC Agree to ‘No Cost’ American Centrifuge Extension Through April
- South Carolina Moves for Judgement on MOX Case
- Wrap Up: In the NNSA
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- Wrap Up: In DOE, In the Industry
- DNFSB Wants to Update DOE Directives Review Process
- IG Says DOE Could Save on Mobile Device Costs
- Reduction Goals for Voluntary Layoffs at Y-12, Pantex Revealed
- CNS President Discusses Challenges of ‘Mother of All Transitions’
- GAO Report Identifies New UPF Technology Risks
- USEC Working on $34M Subcontract to ORNL for American Centrifuge
- Air Force to Examine Improvements in Bomber Fleet after Addressing ICBM Force
- Former B&W Official Reichert Tapped as Pantex Ops Manager for CNS
- Y-12 Red Team Recommends Major Mgmt. Change on UPF, Major NNSA Projects
- At Savannah River
- At Oak Ridge
- At Kansas City
- At Pantex
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- Acting NNSA Chief: Approximately Half of $1.2 Billion Spent on UPF Wasted
- NNSA Advisory Panel Pushing Accountability, Cultural Change
- Held: Further Cuts to NNSA Weapons Budgets Will ‘Break’ 3+2 Strategy
- NNSA Finally Gets a Permanent Leader As New Chief Klotz Is Confirmed by Senate
- Sen. Feinstein Opposing Weapons Budget Boost, Cuts to Nonprolif. And Cleanup
- Dept. Of Defense Announces Force Structure Plan under New START
- DNFSB Considering Establishing An Ombudsman Capability
- NNSA Funds to Be Shifted for Continued Support of ACP
- New Y-12/Pantex Contractor Continuing Transition Activities
- DOE on Hot Seat with Lawmakers over MOX Suspension Plans
- House Bill Would Suspend All NNSA Nonproliferation Work in Russia
- At Los Alamos
- At Oak Ridge
- Wrap Up: In Congress, In the Industry
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- CALENDAR
- WRAP UP
- JUDGE LENIENT, BUT TRIO THAT BROKE INTO Y-12 STILL RECEIVES SIGNIFICANT JAIL TIME
- LLNL TERMINATES ‘LIFE’ PROGRAM TO COMMERCIALIZE LASER FUSION ENERGY
- INDUSTRY EXECS SAY FEE NOT THE PROBLEM ON M&O CONTRACTS
- WITH LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES ONGOING, UPF PROJECT MOVES TO RESTRUCTURE WORK
- SIGNS OF DIVIDE BETWEEN DNFSB STAFF, SENIOR MGMT., REPORT FINDS
- NNSA SENDS CONSULTANT TO MOX TO EXAMINE CONTRACT TERMINATION