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S.C. Presses Court Challenge of Decision to Defund Work on Mox Plant
Nuclear Street News Team
South Carolina's attorney general has asked a federal court to expedite a decision on its suit that aims to restart work on the Savannah River Site's mox production facility. On Thursday, the Aiken Standard confirmed that the state filed a request that the court resolve the suit without a trial...
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Fri, Apr 18 2014
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Contractor Transition Begins at Pantex and Y12
Nuclear Street News Team
A Bechtel-led consortium is preparing to assume management of the Y-12 and Pantex sites after more than a year of appeals from their previous contractor. Babcock & Wilcox-led Nuclear Production Partners recently lost its third appeal of a National Nuclear Security Administration decision to end its...
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Mon, Mar 10 2014
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Babcock & Wilcox-Led Consortium Loses Challenge to Y-12/Pantex Contract Process
Nuclear Street News Team
As the National Nuclear Security Administration reevaluates contractors' proposals to run its Y-12 and Pantex sites, a Babcock & Wilcox-led consortium has lost a legal protest of the way those proposals are evaluated. The stakes are high for B&W, which has managed the sites for more than...
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Fri, Sep 27 2013
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U.S. And UAE Improve Cooperation On Nuclear Energy And Nonproliferation
steveheiser
The Arrangement will enhance cooperation on civil nuclear energy and nonproliferation and facilitate joint training, exchanges, and seminars in nuclear safeguards and nuclear management systems - By Stephen Heiser - As part of a trip to strengthen partnerships in the Middle East, this week U.S...
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Thu, Feb 25 2010
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B&W Awarded $9 Million For Medical Isotope Program
steveheiser
NNSA Cooperative Agreement Funding Will Support Further Development of Low Enriched Uranium System - By Linton Levy - Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group, Inc. (B&W TSG) has been awarded approximately $9 million from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for the company’s...
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Tue, Jan 26 2010
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NNSA Hosts 26 Nations for Nuclear Emergency Response Training
steveheiser
This workshop is part of NNSA’s broader effort to build and enhance the global capacity to prevent and respond to nuclear and radiological emergencies, and it directly supports the aims of Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism - By April Muurelio - The National Nuclear Security Administration...
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Tue, Jun 1 2010
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NNSA: Important Milestone in the National Ignition Campaign
steveheiser
NIF’s laser beams can be effectively delivered and are capable of creating sufficient x-ray energy to drive fuel implosion, an important step toward the ultimate goal of fusion ignition - By Stephen Heiser - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), along with officials from the...
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Tue, Nov 10 2009
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NNSA Completes Removal of Highly Enriched Uranium from Ukraine
Nuclear Street News Team
Shipments mark an important step in carrying out Ukraine’s commitment at the Nuclear Security Summit to eliminate all of its HEU by 2012 - Edited By Tom Lamar - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced the removal of 50 kilograms (111 pounds) of highly enriched...
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Fri, Dec 31 2010
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NNSA Gets Technical Review Of LEP Programs
steveheiser
JASON’s review confirms the challenges associated with adding performance margin and incorporating modern safety and security features into aging weapons systems - By April Murelio - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced that it has transmitted a classified technical...
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Tue, Nov 24 2009
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National Nuclear Security Administration Saves Millions Disposing Of Contaminated Machine Tools At Sandia National Lab
Nuclear Street News Team
The removal of the contaminated tools at Sandia California is another example of NNSA’s commitment to turning a Cold War-era nuclear weapons complex into a 21st century nuclear security enterprise - By April Murelio - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced that...
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Fri, Jun 18 2010
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NNSA Awards Five New Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowships
steveheiser
The SSGF recognizes an ever-increasing demand for scientists highly-trained in areas of interest to stewardship science. Students selected for this fellowship represent a strong academic background in a scientific or engineering discipline, and the program provides them up to four years of support while...
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Thu, May 27 2010
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NNSA Launches Second Blog To Highlight Administrator’s Work At Next Generation Safeguards Meeting In Japan
steveheiser
The meetings have brought together safeguards and nonproliferation experts from 19 countries - By Linton Levy - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has launched its second travel blog, allowing online visitors to follow NNSA Administrator Thomas D’Agostino and receive updates...
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Wed, Oct 28 2009
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U.S. And Republic Of Malta Ink Megaports Initiative Deal Aimed At Preventing Nuclear Smuggling
Nuclear Street News Team
The agreement, signed by U.S. Ambassador Douglas Kmiec and Malta’s Director General of Customs Joseph Brincat, paves the way for the NNSA to work with the Maltese Customs Administration and other government agencies in Malta to install radiation detection equipment and associated infrastructure...
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Thu, Jun 17 2010
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B&W Files Second Protest Over Y-12/Pantex Contract
Nuclear Street News Team
As the National Nuclear Security Administration reconsiders an award to manage two of its biggest sites, Babcock & Wilcox has levied a second challenge to the bid process that threatened to strip the company of the sizable contract. B&W's consortium, known as Nuclear Production Partners,...
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Wed, Jun 19 2013
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Report Adds $2 Billion to Cost Estimate for SRS MOX Plant
Nuclear Street News Team
In its recurring review of "high-risk" government programs, the Government Accountability Office on Thursday noted that the cost estimate for Savannah River's Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility recently increased by $2 billion. The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security...
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Mon, Feb 18 2013
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NNSA And Romanian Border Police Cooperate To Thwart Nuclear Smuggling
steveheiser
NNSA’s Second Line of Defense Program (SLD) is providing the Romanian Border Police with two vans - By April Murelio - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Border Police of Romania commissioned mobile radiation detection equipment...
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Mon, Dec 7 2009
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NNSA Announces New Satellite Detection Capability
steveheiser
The launch advances President Obama’s broader nuclear nonproliferation agenda and strengthens the NNSA-USAF partnership that has ensured continuous global nuclear detonation detection coverage for nearly half a century - By Stephen Heiser - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA...
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Wed, Jun 2 2010
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NNSA-Trained Emergency Response Group Secures Stolen Radioactive Material In Argentina
steveheiser
Nascent emergency-response process that Argentina's Nuclear Regulatory Authority launched with the NNSA enabled Argentine authorities to recover the radioactive material in less than two days - By Stephen Heiser - The theft of a tiny Cesium-137 from an oil field in Argentina, was recoverd in...
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Tue, Oct 13 2009
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New Measuring Tool Helps Meet Safeguards Obligations; NNSA Commissions New Safeguards Tool at Chornobyl Site
Nuclear Street News Team
Several countries are helping Ukraine build a more stable and permanent structure to replace the sarcophagus. But excavation at the construction site will likely unearth significant amounts of radioactive nuclear fuel and fragments ejected from the reactor at the time of the accident. This material presents...
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Wed, Jun 23 2010
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NNSA And MEXT Will Co-Host Second International Meeting On Next Generation Safeguards
steveheiser
The meeting was announced by U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu during his remarks last month to the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency - By Linton Levy - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science...
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Thu, Oct 22 2009
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D’Agostino Highlights Budget Request, Announces New NNSA Operating Principles
steveheiser
"Administrator D’Agostino said the $11.2 billion budget request, an increase of 13 percent over FY2010, “reflects both the President’s commitment to the unprecedented nuclear security agenda he outlined last year in his Prague speech, and the critical role NNSA plays in implementing...
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Fri, Feb 19 2010
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National Nuclear Security Administration LDRD Symposium Set For Wednesday, June 9
steveheiser
The theme of this year’s conference is “Reducing the Global Danger of Weapons of Mass Destruction.” This all-day event will explore LDRD investments that NNSA national laboratories and sites are making to protect the nation from weapons of mass destruction - By Mark McFadden - ...
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Wed, Jun 9 2010
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NNSA Releases New Contracting And Acquisition Strategy
steveheiser
Proposal would consolidate operation of Y-12 National Security Complex, Pantex Plant and Savannah River Tritium Operations into one contract, extend Kansas City Plant contract, and launch new Integration, Management and Execution Construction Management Contract - Edited by Stephen Heiser - After...
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Mon, Mar 29 2010
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NNSA Participates in WCO’s First Technology and Innovation Forum
steveheiser
Over the course of the two-day forum, experts from customs organizations, the business community and other government agencies participated in panel discussions and highlighted a wide range of inspections technologies used by front line inspectors to ensure safe and secure trade - By Christopher Smith...
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Mon, Nov 9 2009
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NNSA Hires Bechtel-Lockheed Team to Manage Y-12, Pantex
Nuclear Street News Team
The National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded a consortium led by Bechtel National and Lockheed Martin Services a contract worth upwards of $709 million to take over management of nuclear weapons facilities that include Y-12 and Pantex. Subsidiaries of Babcock & Wilcox had held the management...
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Wed, Jan 9 2013
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