National Laboratories

Sens. Durbin, Risch Establish National Laboratory Caucus

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Todd Jacobson
NS&D Monitor
9/19/2014
Sens. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) have formally established a bipartisan Senate National Laboratory Caucus aimed at rallying funding and policy support for the Department of Energy’s 17 institutions.…

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Y-12 Moving Forward With Alternative Strategy for UPF

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Senate Absent From Strategic Forces ‘Pre-Conference’ NDAA Talks

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CH2M Hill Announces ‘Restructuring’ Plan, Including Workforce Reductions

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DOE Office of Science Moving to More Autonomy for Labs, Official Says

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At Oak Ridge

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At Los Alamos

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At Livermore

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