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David Victor Delivers Testimony to Nuclear Regulatory Commission on San Onofre Decommission
Christine Clark, UC San Diego
July 22, 2014
David Victor, UC San Diego School of International Relations and Pacific Studies professor and director of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation, gave his first testimony to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Tuesday, July 15 as part of his role to help keep the public informed about the decommissioning of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant.
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Iran's Nuclear Chess: Calculating America's Moves
Robert S. Litwak, Middle East Program, Wilson Center
July 2014
The new Middle East Program monograph "Iran's Nuclear Chess: Calculating America's Moves" by Robert Litwak, vice president for scholars and director of international security studies at the Wilson Center, addresses the nuclear negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran and the implications for U.S. policy toward Iran.
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Iranian Nuclear Negotiations Farce Continues
Maseh Zarif, AEI Ideas
July 30, 2014
The statement released by the White House on Friday regarding the extension of nuclear talks with Iran is a case study in spin and delusion. Iran's nuclear progress, the statement reads, "remains halted during the negotiations." Except that Iran's operational centrifuges continue to churn out enriched uranium every day. And that the Iranians are continuing to advance research and development work on next-generation centrifuge machines that will exponentially increase future enrichment capacity and allow them to build smaller covert facilities with fewer machines.
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Republicans Announce Plan to Require a
Vote on Iran Nuclear Deal
Clara Ritger, Global Security Newswire
July 24, 2014
A group of Republican senators wants to require President Obama to come to Congress for approval on any nuclear deal with Iran.
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U.S. Senate Panel Backs Vietnam Nuclear Trade Pact, But Tightens Conditions
Elaine M. Grossman, Global Security Newswire
July 23, 2014
A key Senate committee on Tuesday endorsed a U.S. nuclear trade pact with Vietnam, but constrained its length to 30 years and added new requirements for most such future pacts.
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Madelyn Creedon Confirmed as Principal Deputy Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration
NNSA Press Release
July 23, 2014
Madelyn Creedon was confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, as the Department of Energy's (DOE) Principal Deputy Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
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Improvement of Uncertainty Measurements
in Nuclear Forensics
Joint Research Centre
July 15, 2014
Age dating is used in nuclear forensics to determine the elapsed time since a nuclear material has been processed and separated from its daughter nuclides.
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U.S.-China Nuclear Security Exchanges Hampered by Lingering Suspicions
Rachel Oswald, Global Security Newswire
Years after Washington accused China of nuclear espionage, the subject of resuming laboratory-to-laboratory exchanges among scientists remains a sensitive one.
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Landrieu Secures Key Priorities for Barksdale in Defense Appropriations Bill
Press Release, Office of Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.)
U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., (Military Mary) today inserted language into the bill that funds the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY15 that requires the Air Force to develop a detailed plan within 90 days of the bill becoming law on how it will modernize the nation's five nuclear weapons storage areas, including the one at Barksdale Air Force Base that is currently not utilized. Barksdale, home to the Global Strike Command, is No. 2 on the Air Force's priority list of nuclear weapons storage areas set to receive an upgrade so Barksdale can safety store the nation's nuclear weapons and load the weapons onto B-52s. The B-52s stationed at Barksdale AFB currently fly to other installations to load nuclear weapons onboard. The bill now heads to the full Senate.
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Senate Bill Mandates Study of Nuclear-Arms Storage Sites
Rachel Oswald, Global Security Newswire
Senate appropriators last week approved a bill that would require the Pentagon to study how to modernize facilities storing U.S. nuclear warheads.
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