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U.S. may not reach 2013 deadline for securing nuclear materials

By Laurel Adams

A nuclear nonproliferation initiative set by President Obama in 2009 is far behind its goal of securing vulnerable nuclear material by 2013.

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Nuclear Security Administration":

"… e GAO report found hurdles for meeting the original deadline through three National Nuclear Security Administration programs. The report found that the interagency strategy, including the Na …"

"… egrated, cross—agency plan including those details could take years. The National Nuclear Security Administration estimates an additional $700 million would need to be allotted to its prog …"

"… in their nuclear security systems,” the report concluded.FAST FACT: The National Nuclear Security Administration encompasses over 100 countries and spent over $2 billion in nonproliferati …"

IG reports question management of contractors at nuclear sites

By Corbin Hiar

IGs highlight problems with contractor behavior at Sandia and K-25

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Nuclear Security Administration":

"… t of interest process was completed correctly. Its supervising agency, the National Nuclear Security Administration, was not notified of these actions in most cases. Sandia either claimed ig …"

How an 82-year-old exposed security lapses at nuclear facilities

By R. Jeffrey Smith

How an 82-year-old has upended the lax regulation of the U.S. nuclear weapons establishment.

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Nuclear Security Administration":

"… rs that have until recently had large influence in Washington, and for the National Nuclear Security Administration, the increasingly embattled steward of America’s dwindling but still&nbs …"

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Hospitals failing to secure dirty bomb materials

By Aaron Mehta

Hospitals are failing to secure potential dirty bomb materials, says GAO

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Nuclear Security Administration":

"… diological sources that could be turned into dirty bombs, according to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which shares purview over nuclear technologies with the Nuclear Re …"

Cheating on Energy Department guard force tests was widespread

By R. Jeffrey Smith

The reliability of protections at two key nuclear weapons sites is now unclear.

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Nuclear Security Administration":

"… health, safety, and security officer.Thomas D’Agostino, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration retained by Obama from the Bush administration, said in his own written re …"

Obama proposes shifting funds from nuclear nonproliferation to nuclear weapons

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Douglas Birch

Hundreds of millions of dollars proposed in spending on warheads

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Nuclear Security Administration":

"… atly slowed, while the Defense Department and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration study alternative ways to safeguard tons of the excess plutonium. Secreta …"

"… To cover the $10 billion total cost overrun, the Energy Department and its National Nuclear Security Administration agreed to transfer roughly $3 billion into weapons work from management ac …"

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DOE inspector general recommends consolidating national labs

By Douglas Birch

DOE inspector general recommends the nation's 16 national atomic labs be streamlined or shut down.

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Nuclear Security Administration":

"… eliminating some administrative offices at the agency’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration, which manages the nation’s nuclear weapons, naval reactor and nonprolif …"