Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Scrutinizing Problem Components Behind W80-4 Warhead Delay
Problems with components are mostly responsible for the two-year delay to the warhead for the next nuclear-tipped air-launched cruise missile, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) told […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDelivery Dates For Next Round of Nukes Get Hazier in Latest Annual NNSA Progress Report
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s latest Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan, released Monday, fuzzed up delivery dates for distant, future nuclear weapons that, as recently as a year ago, had […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Won’t Know How Much 80 Pits Per Year Will Cost Until 2025
It will be another year before the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) knows roughly how much it will cost to build the infrastructure to make 80 nuclear-weapon cores annually, the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Agency Broadens Scope of Weapons Advisory Committee
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has established the Advisory Committee for Nuclear Security to advise senior agency leaders. Formerly known as the Defense Programs Advisory Committee, the new Advisory […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Administrator: ‘I Want To Scream From The Mountaintop’ No Future Nuke Testing
Though the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plans to dramatically ramp up plutonium pit production around the time a key arms control treaty expires in 2026, there are no plans […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Agency Filling Slots In New Contractor Liaison Office
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is hiring for senior acquisition and construction management professionals with imminent application deadlines. Through Monday, the NNSA is accepting applications for a deputy associate […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSenators Still Favor Nuclear-Tipped Sea-Launched Cruise Missile That Was Zeroed Out In Biden Budget
The Biden Administration’s desire to cancel a new lower-yield nuclear submarine-launched cruise missile still doesn’t sit well with the leadership of the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee. Both subcommittee […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLabor Shortage Outlasts COVID, Delays Nuclear-Weapons Infrastructure, NNSA Administrator Says
A labor shortage initially blamed on COVID-19, but which has outlasted the nationwide response to the pandemic, hamstrung construction of new nuclear weapons factories and forced a construction triage at […]
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Nuclear ModernizationToo Few Employees Contributed to Delays in Y-12 Uranium Processing Facility
There are at least 500 too few employees at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., which has contributed to a cost increase and schedule slip for the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBiden Budget, Memo Call For Reduced Reliance on B83 Gravity Bomb
Citing a national security memorandum that describes a reduced need for the B83 thermonuclear gravity bomb, the National Nuclear Administration (NNSA) proposed cutting funding for the weapon in its 2024 […]
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