Non-Proliferation

Union of Concerned Scientists Calls for NNSA to Scuttle MOX Project

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Todd Jacobson
NS&D Monitor
1/16/2015
The Union of Concerned Scientists is continuing its opposition to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, recommending in a report released this week that the controversial…

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Lockheed and Boeing Working on GBSD Guidance System

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NNSA Accepts Second Whistleblower Claim From Laid-Off Los Alamos Analyst

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Hagel: LRSB Process ‘Has to Be Done’

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Russia Says it ‘Could Revise’ Commitment to New START Treaty

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At Kansas City

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At Livermore

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Wrap Up

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Senators Push Former Air Force Gen. for Pentagon Nuclear Post

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LRSO to Be Included in Air Force Cost-Cutting Initiative

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Northrop Wins FISAC Ground Subsystem Contract

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CNS Taking ‘Deliberate’ Approach to Improving Ops At Y-12, Pantex

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Haney to Meet with Commanders, Stakeholders This Month to Discuss NC3

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CNS Officials Pleased With First Six Months of Tenure

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Lockheed Martin Bidding on FISAC Propulsion Subsystem Contract

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ICBM Test Equipment Solicitation Draws Interest from Lockheed and Northrop Grumman

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Expert Panel: US Should Remain in Compliance with INF

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Consolidated Nuclear Security Looking for 6,800 Metric Tons of Depleted Uranium

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Y-12, Pantex Now in Compliance with DOE Benefits Regulations

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At Oak Ridge

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