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Sens. Udall, Heinrich Introduce Bill to Boost LDRD Funding

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Todd Jacobson
NS&D Monitor
3/27/2015
New Mexico Sens. Tom Udall (D) and Martin Heinrich (D) introduced a bill this week to boost Laboratory Directed Research and Development programs at the Department of Energy’s national laboratories. The “LDRD…

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NNSA Releases Broad Strategy for Nonproliferation Account

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