Nuclear Stockpile
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Lab Brings in Ex-Raytheon Exec as Deputy Director
The Sandia National Laboratories split its Nuclear Deterrence division into two new organizations and brought in a former Raytheon [RTN] executive to oversee them, the Albuquerque, N.M.-based labs network said […]
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Nuclear ModernizationOne More Month to Narrow Down Tech Choice for Domestic Uranium Enrichment, NNSA Says
The coronavirus pandemic pushed a choice between two competing defense-uranium enrichment technologies to January from December, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Wednesday. It’s the second time this year […]
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CongressCompromise NDAA Also a Compromise on DoE, Pentagon Control Over Civilian Nuke Budget
A version of the fiery interagency and inter-branch tug of war that produced this year’s controversial civilian nuclear weapons budget would be essentially legalized, if a compromise 2021 defense authorization […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Recent and Impending DoE Leadership Churn Highlight Need to Fix NNSA Chief’s Term, Nat’l Academies Panel Says
The personnel churn in the Trump administration’s nuclear-weapons enterprise and Joe Biden’s election as President of the United States highlight the urgency of giving the administrator of the National Nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAnother Democrat Lawmaker Pushes for Biden Nuclear Posture Overhaul
On Tuesday, another Democratic lawmaker called for President-elect Joe Biden to publish what would be the third U.S. nuclear posture review in as many administrations — a potential step toward […]
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COVID-19New COVID Cases at DOE Nuke Agency Again Top 250 in a Week, With Another Fatality
There were 270 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases, including another fatal case, among National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) contractor employees and civil servants as of the end of the Thanksgiving holiday […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUranium Purification Pact With BWXT Subsidiary Won’t Cost Y-12 Jobs, Nuke Agency Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Monday moved to reassure the city of Oak Ridge that moving some uranium purification outside the fence at the Y-12 National Security Complex […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Two Senior, Career Feds Retire From DoE Nuke Agency
Geoffrey Beausoleil will retire in April as the local federal official for the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) production office, which oversees the Y-12 National Security Complex […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuclear Weapons Council Needs More Civilian Influence, Ex-DoE Nuke Boss Says
On Wednesday, as Congress prepared for final negotiations on a must-pass bill that could increase the Pentagon’s say over civilian nuclear-weapons programs, the former head of those programs said the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDisarmament Message May Have Cost Dems Chance to Slow ICBM Program, House Armed Services Chair Says
The chair of the House Armed Services Committee had bitter medicine in a big spoon for disarmament advocates Wednesday: getting rid of nuclear weapons is a losing message that may […]