Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationDecision On Next U.S. Uranium Enrichement Tech Pushed To ‘End Of Year’ To Give Oak Ridge ‘Fair Shot’ Against Centrus
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Nuclear Security Administration delayed a choice about whether to use government or commercially developed uranium enrichment technology for defense needs by nearly a year because […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSavannah River Pit Plant Design to be Finished by End of June
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Department of Energy contractor in charge of the Savannah River Site plans to finalize by June the design for a new pit plant capable of making […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLANL, LLNL Directors Won’t Say Who’d Own W93 Sea-Based Warhead; Hint at Competition
It remained uncertain Monday whether Los Alamos National Laboratory or Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory would design the proposed, sea-based W93 warhead after the directors of each lab declined to say […]
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Nuclear ModernizationProposed W93 Warhead Would Be Rapidly Upgradable, Serviceable by Navy
The Department of Energy made post Cold War-history in its 2021 budget request, which seeks funds to develop a new sea-based nuclear warhead designated Mk7 W93 — a new warhead […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDepartment of Energy Warns of Possible Delay Delivering Nuclear Weapon Components
The Honeywell [HON]-led company in charge of building the non-nuclear parts of nuclear weapons might have trouble delivering some of those components on time in 2020 and beyond, the Department of […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAir Force Tests Minuteman III Missile One Year From Expiration of New START
The Air Force launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile in the early morning hours on Wednesday, testing a new fuze that will set off the nuclear warhead tipping […]
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Nuclear ModernizationPentagon Confirms Navy Has Deployed Low-Yield SLBM
The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday that it has deployed the W76-2 low-yield, submarine-launched, ballistic-missile nuclear warhead. “The U.S. Navy has fielded the W76-2 low-yield submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) warhead,” the Defense […]
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Nuclear ModernizationEx-Nuke Lab Scientist To Be Sentenced In April For Alleged Lies About Chinese Connection
A federal judge is scheduled on April 22 to sentence a former Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist who has pleaded guilty to lying about his relationship with a Chinese talent […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Backs Off Drive To Speed Up Pit Production At Los Alamos
Last spring, the Department of Energy quietly backed off a drive to produce 30 pits a year at the Los Alamos National Laboratory earlier than the agency’s long-established target of […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Dipping Into Cold War Leftovers for Future Depleted Uranium Needs
The Department of Energy has decided to use a Cold War nuclear weapons cleanup in Ohio to help produce high-purity depleted uranium metal for nuclear weapons programs. The civilian agency’s […]