Nuclear Stockpile
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BudgetDoE Faces Fight to Hit Requested 2020 Nuclear Weapons Budget, Even After Caps Deal
The just-announced budget caps deal provides $2.5 billion more in base defense spending than the 2020 budget the House has already approved, and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAir Force to Award Big ICBM Manufacturing Contract By End of Summer 2020
The Air Force plans to award a contract sometime between July and September of 2020 to build the U.S.’ next nuclear-tipped, intercontinental ballistic missile, the service said Tuesday. The Air […]
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CongressAll The DoE Nuclear Reports Ordered by the Senate’s 2020 NDAA, Annotated
The U.S. Senate’s recently passed version of the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act calls for nine reports or briefings on Department of Energy nuclear weapon programs. Sister publication Nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSettlement Talks Collapse in South Carolina’s $200-Million Plutonium Lawsuit
South Carolina and the Department of Energy said last week they had failed to settle a $200 million lawsuit over the federal government’s failure to begin removing weapon-usable plutonium from […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSenate NDAA Passes in Landslide; Amendments Tighten NNSA Pit Requirements, Require Report on ICBM Warhead Delays
The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that would authorize all the White House’s requested funding for nuclear modernization programs at the Department of Energy […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE, BWXT Subsidiary to Negotiate Contract to Avert Possible Shortfall of Weapon Usable Uranium
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration said Tuesday it intends to award BWX Technologies [BWXT] subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services a sole-source contract to purify highly enriched uranium and […]
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BudgetProposed House Spending Bill Whacks Next-Gen ICBMs, Bans Low Yield Nuke, Keeps Naval Reactor Research Alive
The full House approved a 2020 spending bill that would slow development of the next-generation, nuclear-tipped, intercontinental ballistic missile, bar deployment of a low-yield nuclear missile, and provide more money […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFireworks Over Low-Yield Warhead as House Armed Services Committee Approves 2020 NDAA
The House Armed Services Committee early Thursday approved its version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act after about 18 hours of committee debate. The House committee’s annual defense policy […]
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BudgetNuke Hawks, Doves Pile Up Amendments for 2020 Spending Bills on House Floor
Nuclear hawks and doves alike offered amendments to a 2020 spending bill up for floor debate in the House on Wednesday, including one amendment to ensure deployment of a new […]
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BudgetHouse Committee’s Draft NDAA Would Slow GBSD
A draft National Defense Authorization Act due for a committee vote on Wednesday makes good on House Democrats’ promise to slow procurement of next-generation, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. The draft […]
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