Non-Proliferation

Review Rejects April MOX Cost Analysis, Estimates Downblending Would Cost the Same

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Brian Bradley
NS&D Monitor 
7/10/2015
Released on Wednesday, an independent review of The Aerospace Corporation’s recent study of plutonium disposition options projects similar costs for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility and a downblending…

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Y-12 Making Progress on UPF Infrastructure Project

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DOE IG: Subcritical Experiments at NNSS ‘Effectively Managed’

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SSP Awards Lockheed $27.5M Trident Contract

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