Nuclear Stockpile
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UncategorizedDoE Plans Expedited Environmental Review of Factories for Nuclear Cores
The Department of Energy plans a somewhat expedited environmental review of its plan to convert a partially built plutonium recycling plant at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., into […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCompromise NDAA Won’t ‘Restrict’ DoE Plutonium Plans, Lawmaker Says
The compromise National Defense Authorization Act will not “restrict” the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) ability to begin building a two-state plutonium-pit production complex in 2020, a key lawmaker said […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Will Resume 10-Year Cost Forecasts for Weapons Complex Modernization
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) dinged the National Nuclear Security Administration recently for not providing 10 years’ worth of cost forecasts in an annual report to Congress on defense […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Administration Would ‘Seriously‘ Consider Service in a Second Trump Term
Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), said Thursday she would give serious thought to remaining at her post, if President Trump wins a second term […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Skinny NDAA Allows Starts on New DoE Defense Nuclear Programs
A backup defense authorization act unveiled this week would authorize $16.5 billion in Department of Energy nuclear-weapon spending for 2020, and explicitly authorize new program starts to bolster nuclear warhead […]
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CongressSTRATCOM Chief Designate Tells Senators DoE Pit Plan Has ‘Issues’
Only the most recent person to acknowledge them, Navy Vice Adm. Charles Richard, the Trump administration’s nominee to lead U.S. Strategic Command, on Thursday told the Senate Armed Services Committee […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNo. 2 DoE Nuke Official Briefs on ‘Staggering’ Hiring Goals for Civilian Nuclear Enterprise
The No. 2 official at the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Wednesday briefed members of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board on the “staggering goal” of swelling the […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Dem Senators Ask NDAA Negotiators to Pinch Funds for Pit Production
Three U.S. senators — two Democratic presidential candidates and one of the party’s premier nuclear doves — urged House and Senate lawmakers negotiating the final version of the 2020 National […]
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BudgetSenate Appropriators Boost GBSD for 2020
The next-generation, nuclear-armed, intercontinental ballistic missile that Boeing [BA] has vowed not to prime would get $65 million more than the White House requested for 2020, if a bill advanced […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Sandia Director Younger to Retire in December
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) confirmed Wednesday that Stephen Younger will retire as director of the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico effective Dec. 31, after two years […]