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House NNSA Budget Would Fund Low-Yield Warhead, But Not Pit Production in S.C.

House NNSA Budget Would Fund Low-Yield Warhead, But Not Pit Production in S.C.

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would get the $65 million it seeks in fiscal 2019 for a low-yield nuclear warhead, but nothing for a new warhead-core factory in South Carolina, under a budget bill approved Wednesday by the House Appropriations Committee.Overall, the NNSA would receive more than $15 billion for 2019: 4.5 percent more than in 2018 and 1.5 percent more than the White House sought for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.The bill passed the committee 29-20…

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