Nuclear Stockpile
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Nuclear ModernizationSRS Finished Tritium Upgrades for B61-12 in February
The Savannah River Site in February completed upgrades to tritium processing facilities at the site’s H-Area that will allow personnel to fill tritium reservoirs for the planned B61-12 nuclear gravity […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCBO Publishes Latest Nuke Modernization Report Days Ahead of Budget Rollout
Once again, the Congressional Budget Office’s biennial cost estimate for the 10 years of nuclear modernization spending has arrived just in time for the yearly federal budget debate on Capitol […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSenators Probe Acting NNSA Chief About Livermore Pits, Foreign Uranium
In a budget hearing that was mostly a best-of, a couple senators asked the acting head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) about alternative means of meeting the mission […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCalifornia Congressman Again Calls for Pause on GBSD
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), a reliable vote against the nuclear-modernization status quo in the House Armed Services Committee, told disarmament advocates Monday that the Biden administration should pause development of […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Secretary Tells Congress She Supports Existing Plan for Nuke Core Production
During a nearly three-hour budget hearing into which nuclear weapons seldom figured, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said Thursday she supports building a two-state complex to produce at least 80 […]
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CongressRep. Wilson Appears Ahead of Budget Hearings to Seek Funding Increase for SRS Plutonium Pits
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), whose district includes the Savannah River Site, on Monday asked the House Appropriations Committee to provide a total of $695 million in fiscal year 2022 for […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUK Warhead Upgrade Will Move With Or Without W93, British Official Says
The United Kingdom will plow ahead with its new submarine-launched warhead no matter what happens this year with the planned W93 in the U.S., and the warhead replacement program has […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHruby Nominated to Civilian Nuclear Weapons Agency
President Joe Biden will nominate Jill Hruby, former director of the Sandia National Laboratories, to lead the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, the White House said Wednesday. Hruby […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNo Nuclear Spending Proposal in White House Skinny Budget; Posture Review Ongoing
The Biden administration said Friday its 2022 federal budget will support ongoing nuclear modernization programs, including infrastructure at the National Nuclear Security Administration, while the White House continues its nuclear […]
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InternationalRussia Added 100-Plus Warheads Under New START in Last Year
Russia has over 100 more strategic nuclear warheads deployed than it had at this time last year, according to the latest data shared by the State Department from the recently […]