Budget & Policy

White House Said to Propose Deep Cuts for MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility

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Dan Leone
NS&D Monitor
2/5/2016
As part of a policy blitz aimed at paving the way to send some 40 tons of diluted plutonium to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, the White House’s fiscal 2017 budget request will slash funding for the Mixed…

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Proliferation Security Initiative Meeting Held in Washington, D.C.

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Expert Pessimistic About 2016 Disarmament Negotiations

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Uncertainly Looms Over SRS Receipt of German Uranium

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Y-12 Employees Threw Out Classified Documents With Unclassified Waste

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LANL Will Restart Pit Production This Year, Officials Say

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DOE Review Identifies Improvements in LANL PF-4 Restart Process

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Former Los Alamos Employees Request Suicide, Corruption Investigation

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Moniz Highlights Administration’s Global Nuclear Cooperation Achievements

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Opposition Continues on Canadian Uranium Shipments to SRS

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Report: Cuts to Nuclear Modernization Could Save $120B

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Safety Issue Forces Pause in Y-12 Uranium Casting Operations

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Study: HEU Minimization in Research Reactors to Take Longer Than Expected

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NNSA Seeks Small Businesses for Nuclear Smuggling Detection Project

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GAO: B61-12 LEP Management Tools May Improve Cost, Schedule Estimates

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New CNS Boss Sends Message to Y-12, Pantex Employees

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