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How North Korea's Nuclear Test Affects the Doomsday Clock
http://www.thebulletin.org/press_center/20061011.htm
Hitting First: Preventive Force in U.S. Security Strategy
Edited by William W. Keller and Gordon R. Mitchell
http://www.upress.pitt.edu/BookDetails.aspx?bookId=35835
IN-DEPTH ON NORTH KOREA
North Korea's Nuclear Program
By Robert S. Norris and Hans Kristensen, May/June 2005
By cataloging the capabilities of North Korea's nuclear program and
the quantity of separated plutonium the country possesses, it is
possible to estimate how many nuclear weapons Kim Jong Il might
have.
http://www.thebulletin.org/article_nn.php?art_ofn=mj05norris
Grid-Locked
By Peter Hayes, David von Hippel, Jungmin Kang, Tatsujiro Suzuki,
Richard Tanter, and Scott Bruce, January/February 2006
North Korea needs energy. But can the parties negotiating a
solution to the nuclear crisis come up with a viable way to plug in
the North?
http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=jf06hayes
North Korea: Less Than Meets the Eye?
By the Bulletin Staff, March/April 2003
Who failed to live up to the Agreed Framework between the United
States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea? A better
question might be, who didn't?
http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=ma03staff
Letter from Pyongyang
By Anonymous, July/August 2002
Without a nuclear program North Korea would be seen as nothing more
than a tiny, sparsely populated, hermit kingdom with a totalitarian
regime. Although it is starving, there would be little outcry and
little attention would be paid.
http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=ja02anonymous
U.S. Leadership with China, South Korea, and Japan Key to
Containing Nuclear Chain Reaction
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/npp/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=18764
Negotiating with North Korea
The Brookings Institution
http://www.brookings.edu/comm/infocus/northkorea.htm
The North Korean Plutonium Stock Mid-2006
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
http://isis-online.org/publications/dprk/dprkplutonium.pdf
The Economic Implications of a North Korean Nuclear Test
Institute for International Economics
http://www.iie.com/publications/papers/noland1006.pdf
10/12/2006
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense
Bechtel Bettis Inc., Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, West Mifflin,
Pa., , is being awarded a $461,100,000 cost-plus-fixed fee
modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-98-C-4064) for
Naval nuclear propulsion work at the Bettis Atomic Power
Laboratory. Work will be performed in West Mifflin, Pa. Contract
funds in the amount of $104,727,000, will expire at the end of the
current fiscal year. This action represents funding of the
contract's seventh year of effort. No completion date or other
additional information is provided on Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Program contracts. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C.,
is the contracting activity.
Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc., Schenectady, N.Y., is being awarded
a $129,941,575 cost-plus-fixed fee contract for Naval nuclear
propulsion components. Work will be performed in Schenectady, N.Y.
(48 percent) and Pittsburgh, Pa. (52 percent). Contract funds will
not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. No work
completion date or additional information is provided on Naval
nuclear propulsion program contracts. The contract was not
competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington,
D.C., is the contracting activity. (N00024-07-C-2100)
KAPL Inc. (Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory), Schenectady, N.Y., is
being awarded a $160,400,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to
previously awarded contract (N00024-00-C-4011) for Naval nuclear
propulsion work at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory during fiscal
year 2007. Work will be performed in Schenectady, N.Y. Contract
funding in the amount of $25,450,000, will expire at the end of the
current fiscal year. This action represents funding of the
contract's seventh year of performance. No completion date or other
additional information is provided for Naval nuclear propulsion
program contracts. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C.,
is the contracting activity (N00024-00-C-4011).
Advantage Professionals of Raleigh, LLC d/b/a Autonomic Resources,
Cary, N.C.; Compass Solutions Corporation, Alexandria, Va.; DLS
Engineering Associates, Inc., Chesapeake, Va.; Exhibit Arts LLC,
Wichita, Kan.; Global Solutions Network, Inc., Alexandria, Va.;
Henderson Group Unlimited, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.; Intaset Technology
Corporation, McHenry, Md.; Symtech Corp., Fort Washington, Md.; and
TSI Corp., Las Vegas, Nev., are each being awarded a
firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract
for administrative and clerical services in a pilot effort on
behalf of the DoD-wide Strategic Sourcing Program. The contract
awards encompass one two-year base period plus a single 3-year
option period. Advantage Professionals is receiving $49,813,523 and
estimated value if options are exercised is $167,999,883. Compass
Solutions is receiving $48,519,677 and estimated value if options
are exercised is $163,876,248. Symtech Corp. is receiving
$48,780,573 and estimated value if options are exercised is
$163,555,624. Global Solutions is receiving $47,519,926 and
estimated value if options are exercised is $160,756,351. DLS
Engineering is receiving $47,062,974 and estimated value if options
are exercised is $159,267,704. Intaset Technology is receiving
$47,020,595 and estimated value if options are exercised is
$158,858,426. Henderson Group is receiving $45,439,664 and
estimated value if options are exercised is $153,483,552. Exhibit
Arts is receiving $45,426,838 and estimated value if options are
exercised is $153,405,019. TSI Corp. is receiving $44,951,768 and
estimated value if options are exercised is $151,838,280. Work will
be performed in Norfolk, Va. (53 percent); Washington, D.C. (37
percent); and Philadelphia, Pa. (10 percent), and work is expected
to be complete October 2008. Contract funds in the amount of
$45,000,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This
requirement was competitively procured and solicited through Navy
Electronic Commerce Online, with 70 offers received. The Fleet and
Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Contracting Department
Philadelphia Office is the contracting activity. (Autonomic
Resources: N00140-07-D-0003; Compass Solutions: N00140-07-D-0004;
Symtech Corp.: N00140-07-D-0010; Global Solutions:
N00140-07-D-0007; DLS Engineering: N00140-07-D-0005; Intaset
Technology: N00140-07-D-0009; Henderson Group: N00140-07-D-0008;
Exhibit Arts: N00104-07-D-0006; TSI Corp.: N00104-07-D-0011).
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