I just received my annual TCP-1 letter from LLNS and a summary of the LLNS Pension Plan. Looked in pretty good shape in 2013. About 35% overfunded (funding target attainment percentage = 134.92%). This was a decrease from 2012 where it was 51% overfunded (funding target attainment percentage = 151.59%). They did note that the 2012 change in the law on how liabilities are calculated using interest rates improved the plan's position. Without the change the funding target attainment percentages would have been 118% (2012) and 105% (2013). 2013 assets = $2,057,866,902 2013 liabilities = $1,525,162,784 vs 2012 assets = $1,844,924,947 2012 liabilities = $1,217,043,150 It was also noted that a slightly different calculation method ("fair market value") designed to show a clearer picture of the plan' status as December 31, 2013 had; Assets = $2,403,098,433 Liabilities = $2,068,984,256 Funding ratio = 116.15% Its a closed plan with 3,781 participants. Of that number, 3,151 wer...
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Who cares?
A better question is if anyone from one of the labs has ever gone to a Chinese restaurant and not reported it on the next clearance paper work. Anyone could be guilty....even you. The enemy is us not in Russian.
6/07/2019 4:20 AM
Obviously, there is none. CBTB was never ratified by nuclear states US, China, Israel, NK, India, Pakistan. Source: cbto.org.
6/08/2019 10:43 AM
It did not not "fail." It did well not to ratify.
Keep in mind that the soil beneath your feet is likely fissioning, albeit at a low rate. To outlaw all fissions by political fiat is a ridiculous fantasy.
Then it comes down to the definition of a nuclear explosion, which is not what is happening under most people's feet. I suspect that line of reasoning underlies the logic of some foreign scientists, and their leaders. Whether or not they act on such reasoning is a separate issue.
Use better language in a treaty next time. CTBT was doomed by the compromised wording of Article 1.
Well said.
This so-called "treaty" is fundamentally un-enforcible. If the Russians choose to ignore a worthless piece of paper, then they are provably smarter than the average policy wonk advising our elected politicians.
Critical thinking is a lost art in the US!
“The United States intelligence community, or a portion of it, has concluded that Russia is conducting very low-yield nuclear tests. Aaron Stein and Dr. Jeffrey Lewis discuss past allegations of nuclear testing, open source monitoring of Russia’s nuclear test site at Novaya Zemlya and how the Trump Administration might change its mind on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.”
https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1207600/low-yield-nuclear-testing-in-russia/
You don't seem to following the major point, which is actually the point after all.
6/20/2019 6:52 PM
Still not getting it, are you. Sigh