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Nuclear ModernizationBudil Will Be Director of Livermore Nuke Lab in California
Kim Budil will become the 13th director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California on March 2, the younger of the two U.S. nuclear-weapons design laboratories announced Thursday. Budil […]
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Nuclear ModernizationU.S. Officially Proposes Five-Year New START Extension; Russia Accepts
Moscow on Wednesday approved an official request by the U.S. to extend the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the Russian federation for five years, media reported. The U.S. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA’s Huizenga is Acting Secretary of Energy
David Huizenga, the No. 3 official at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), will take over as acting Secretary of Energy until the Senate confirms President Biden’s nominee for the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLongtime Dem HASC Staffer Headed to Pentagon Nuke, Missile Defense Post
A Democratic House staffer who has worked the nuclear weapons and strategic systems portfolio for the House Armed Services Committee for a decade will get a Pentagon post with a […]
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Nuke Agency’s Contractor Scorecards for Pandemic Fiscal Year Show Headaches for Warhead Cores, Non-nuclear Components, Test Instruments
Despite headaches that touch, in one way or another, almost every major nuclear weapons refurbishment underway at the National Nuclear Security Administration, the agency’s big contractors generally got good reviews […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNavy Weighing Need for New Core in its Next Nuclear Warhead
With the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) capacity to manufacture new nuclear weapon cores still a question mark, the Navy is studying whether the recently funded W93 submarine-launched ballistic missile […]
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Nuclear ModernizationActing NNSA Chief Bookless Leaving on Inauguration Day
William Bookless will resign as acting administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on inauguration day, Jan. 20, setting up career civil servant David Huizenga to shepherd the nuclear-weapons […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBWXT Taps Rob Smith to Lead Government Ops
Lynchburg, Va.-based BWX Technologies [BWXT] this morning appointed Rob Smith as its president of government operations, which is a newly-created post. In that role, Smith will lead the company’s nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSTRATCOM Commander Met With Biden Transition Team; Worries About Weapons Complex
The commander of U.S. nuclear forces, who met with President-elect Joe Biden’s (D) transition team recently, worried Monday that the civilian nuclear weapons complex faces problems bigger than a potential […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNew Underground Subcritical Nuke Tests Underway; Second Shot Set for Spring ’21
The Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Nevada National Security Site are resetting the underground U1a facility at the former Nevada Test Site for the second in three planned Nightshade […]