Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationDems Bill Would Ban Already-Funded Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead
Democrats in the House and Senate on Tuesday unveiled legislative language that would ban research, development, manufacturing, and fielding of the planned low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic-missile warhead for which Congress approved $65 […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Nuke Missiles Win Bigger Budget Boosts in Compromise DoD Spending Bill
The House and Senate this week sent a multiagency spending bill to President Trump’s desk that boosts the Department of Energy’s budget for nuclear warhead modernization, and reached a compromise […]
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BudgetProposed Civilian Nuke Budget Cements Funding for Low-Yield Warhead and Infrastructure Repairs
Congress’ final 2019 budget bill for the National Nuclear Security Administration, unveiled in detail Tuesday, would increase funding for maintenance and cleanup to buildings across the nuclear weapons complex, decrease […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Top HASC Dem Says U.S. Wants to Buy Too Many New ICBMs
The U.S. does not need as many intercontinental ballistic missiles as the Air Force plans to build, and Congress should take another look at a low-yield warhead lawmakers just approved, […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Nuke Weapons Council Chief Wants Plutonium Factory Buildup in S.C. by Mid-2019
The Department of Energy will not be able to deliver 80 new nuclear warhead cores a year in 2030 unless the civilian agency starts building new plutonium processing facilities in […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Federal Safety Board Details Fears of Lost Access at Nuclear Weapons Sites
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) is not convinced, despite statements from the deputy secretary of energy here in an open hearing Tuesday, that the Department of Energy intends to […]
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Nuclear Modernization
NNSA, TVA Forge New Interagency Agreement on Uranium for Tritium Production
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Thursday announced a new interagency agreement to continue providing the federally owned Tennessee Valley Authority with low-enriched uranium that makes it possible to […]
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Nuclear Modernization
New LANL Manager Should Pay Gross Receipts Tax, NM Tax Agency Says
Incoming Los Alamos National Laboratory manager Triad National Security will indeed have to pay a state gross receipts tax of just over 7 percent, a spokesperson for the New Mexico […]
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Nuclear Modernization
DNFSB Member Connery Slams Reorg
The lone member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) to oppose its recently announced reorganization slammed the plan in comments made public this week. In a record of […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Department of Energy Releases Draft Solicitation for New Savannah River Site Contract, Including Nuke Weapons Work
The Department of Energy on Tuesday released a draft solicitation for a Savannah River Site management and operations contract that could be worth nearly $15 billion over 10 years, including […]