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Obama proposes shifting funds from nuclear nonproliferation to nuclear weapons

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 04.11.2013 | Politics
Read More: Nuclear Weapons, Reliable Replacement Warhead, Nuclear Technology, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Proliferation, Politics, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Warfare, United States Department of Energy, Nuclear Terrorism, Business and Finance, International Relations, National Nuclear Security Administration, Politics News
The Center for Public Integrity

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Douglas Birch April 9, 2013 This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, which is a nonprofit, no...

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Budget cuts might lead to consolidation of nuclear labs

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics
Read More: Friedman, Politics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nuclear Technology, United States Department of Energy National Laboratories, University of California, New Mexico, Energy in the United States, United States Department of Energy, Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Politics News
The Center for Public Integrity

By Douglas Birch March 27, 2013This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigati...

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Head Of U.S. Nuclear Security Agency Stepping Down

Reuters | Posted 02.20.2013 | Politics
Read More: Thomas D'agostino Stepping Down, Energy, Video, National Nuclear Security Administration, Steven Chu, Reuters, Thomas D'agostino Nnsa, Obama Administration, Nuclear-Power, Nuclear-Weapons, Thomas D'agostino Leaving, Nnsa, Politics News

* D'Agostino to leave National Nuclear Security Administration * Said wants to retire from federal service * Decision u...

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Where's the Oversight at Nuclear Labs? Hands-Off Approach Is Recipe for Disaster

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 10.10.2012 | Green
Read More: Steven Chu, Y-12 National Security Complex, Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Nuclear, Nuclear Weapons, Green News
Project On Government Oversight

As the saying goes, "The fish rots from the head down." This is certainly the case at the Y-12 National Security Complex, where an 82-year-old nun and two accomplices recently broke in, raising serious questions about the DOE's security strategy.

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Mission Impossible? Not for 82-year-old Anti-Nuclear Weapons Activist

Mia Steinle | Posted 09.29.2012 | Green
Read More: Y-12 National Security Complex, Wackenhut, Nuclear Security, Project on Government Oversight, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, g4s, Tennessee, Green News
Mia Steinle

When a nuclear weapons facility can't stop infiltration by an octogenarian nun, it's time to reassess its security standards.

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Wildfire Advances On Famed Nuclear Lab

AP | By P. SOLOMON BANDA and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 08.28.2011 | Green
Read More: Los Alamos, Nuclear Waste, Los Alamos Fire, National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Joni Arends, Nagasaki, Cold War, Los Alamos Laboratory, Tom Udall, Los Alamos New Mexico, Manhattan Project, Nuclear Weapons, New Mexico, Plutonium, Hiroshima, Wildfires, Atomic Bomb, World War II, Nuclear Bomb, Concerned-Citizens-for-Nuclear-Safety, Green News

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- A wildfire burning near the desert birthplace of the atomic bomb advanced on the Los Alamos laboratory and thousands of outdoor dr...

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