News and negotiations: latest Los Alamos security debacle prompts hearing on DOE

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Congressional hearings were held in June on the Department of Energy's failure to prevent the loss of sensitive nuclear weapons information from a vault at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. A top to bottom review of the nation's nuclear laboratories by the new National Nuclear Security Administration has been requested.

Investigations, United States. Congress, United States. Department of Energy. Los Alamos National Laboratory

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New DOE nuclear security organization begins work

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Pres Clinton will nominate John Gordon to serve as director of the National Nuclear Security Administration and undersecretary of energy for nuclear security. Congress created the new administration following allegations of Chinese espionage in US nuclear laboratories.

Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Gordon, John, United States. National Nuclear Security Administration

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Bush reviews threat reduction programs, contemplates cuts

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The administration of President George W. Bush has announced a review of the funding of the nuclear threat reduction program in Russia. The threat posed by the deterioration of Russia's nuclear weapons is discussed.

Russia, Presidents, Presidents (Government), Military policy, Bush, George W., Nuclear weapons

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