Nuclear Modernization
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CongressAll The DoE Nuclear Reports Ordered by the Senate’s 2020 NDAA, Annotated
The U.S. Senate’s recently passed version of the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act calls for nine reports or briefings on Department of Energy nuclear weapon programs. Sister publication Nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSettlement Talks Collapse in South Carolina’s $200-Million Plutonium Lawsuit
South Carolina and the Department of Energy said last week they had failed to settle a $200 million lawsuit over the federal government’s failure to begin removing weapon-usable plutonium from […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSenate NDAA Passes in Landslide; Amendments Tighten NNSA Pit Requirements, Require Report on ICBM Warhead Delays
The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that would authorize all the White House’s requested funding for nuclear modernization programs at the Department of Energy […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE, BWXT Subsidiary to Negotiate Contract to Avert Possible Shortfall of Weapon Usable Uranium
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration said Tuesday it intends to award BWX Technologies [BWXT] subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services a sole-source contract to purify highly enriched uranium and […]
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Air ForceGoldfein: ‘The Time is Right’ to Rebuild Nuclear Workforce
As the Air Force and wider Defense Department work to address threats posed by peer competition and to fulfill the requirements of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, the service must […]
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Nuclear ModernizationJoint Chiefs Vice Chair Goes To Bat For Low-Yield Nukes As Debate Picks Up On The Hill
The outgoing vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs on Tuesday called development of a low-yield nuclear weapon a required necessity to fill a current nuclear deterrence capability gap, as the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDelayed Explosives Order Means Delay for LRSO Warhead, GAO Says
Late delivery of high explosives to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will delay by “at 2 two months” the National Nuclear Security Administration’s W80-4 program to refurbish an old warhead […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFireworks Over Low-Yield Warhead as House Armed Services Committee Approves 2020 NDAA
The House Armed Services Committee early Thursday approved its version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act after about 18 hours of committee debate. The House committee’s annual defense policy […]
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BudgetNuke Hawks, Doves Pile Up Amendments for 2020 Spending Bills on House Floor
Nuclear hawks and doves alike offered amendments to a 2020 spending bill up for floor debate in the House on Wednesday, including one amendment to ensure deployment of a new […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLow-yield SLBM Ban Could Stop ‘Nitwit’ From Starting Nuclear War, HASC Chair Says
Banning a low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic-missile warhead could stop “some nitwit at the Pentagon” from attempting to fight a nuclear war, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), chair of the House Armed Services […]