Non-Proliferation

MOX Services Wants to Keep Keys to MFFF Information Vault, Court Doc Shows

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The prime contractor for the canceled Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) sought and received a federal judge’s help Tuesday in ensuring that the rapidly downsizing company retains control of proprietary information at the Savannah River Site in South…

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NNSA to Start Yearlong Environmental Review of Plutonium Disposal Plan

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Congressionally Mandated Study Finds NNSA Pit Plan ‘Potentially Achievable’

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S.C. Says MOX Penalties Will Continue After Plutonium Removal

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Triad to Seek Bids for Pit-Waste Treatment Plant at LANL

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NNSA Kansas City on Track to Award Lease for Production Space in 2019, GAO Says

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With No Spending Caps Deal, DOE Budget Watchers Get Another Week of Uncertainty

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House Panel to Unveil Nuke Parts of 2020 NDAA June 4

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Honeywell 1Q Revenue Drops 15% on Spinoffs

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Energy Department IG Reportedly Looking at Los Alamos Communities Group

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Global Strike Command Leader Expects Cost of New ICBM to Increase in Short Term

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Air Force Awards Boeing $14 Billion Bomber Weapons Sustainment Contract

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Bechtel Vice President Graham Retiring

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Senators File Bill to Strengthen Independence of Federal Advisory Committees

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