Nuclear Stockpile
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Nuclear ModernizationLobbyist Who Worked to Keep DoE From Turning Arms-Disposal Facility Into Nuke Weapon Plant Laid Off
Longtime Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility lobbyist Stephen Marlo was laid off on Friday, the veteran government-affairs man told Defense Daily in a telephone interview. Marlo was let go by Aptim, the […]
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UncategorizedMembers of S.C. Delegation Confirms WH Visit to Save Embattled Plutonium Plant, But Won’t Talk Details
A delegation of high-profile South Carolina politicians met with President Donald Trump Thursday in Washington to make a last-minute plea to save an embattled plutonium-disposal plant in the Palmetto state — […]
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Department of Energy Starts Process to Turn Plutonium Disposal Plant Into Weapon Factory
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) last week notified MOX Services that the agency will terminate the company’s contract to build a long-delayed plutonium disposal plant at the Savannah River Site in […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Appeals Court Paves Path to Convert DoE Facility in South Carolina for Weapons Work
A federal appeals court on Tuesday effectively cleared the Department of Energy to cancel construction of a controversial plutonium disposal plant under construction in South Carolina. The decision, which followed […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Senior Pentagon Official Likes NNSA Warhead-Core Approach, Frustrated by Production Status
It would make sense for the Department of Energy to have more than one production facility for the fissile cores of nuclear warheads, a senior Pentagon official with broad responsibility […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Senate Confirms White House Pick for Senior DoE Weapons Post
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Charles Verdon as the deputy administrator for defense programs in the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. Verdon, most recently principal associate director at […]
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BudgetProposed Civilian Nuke Budget Cements Funding for Low-Yield Warhead and Infrastructure Repairs
Congress’ final 2019 budget bill for the National Nuclear Security Administration, unveiled in detail Tuesday, would increase funding for maintenance and cleanup to buildings across the nuclear weapons complex, decrease […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Nuke Weapons Council Chief Wants Plutonium Factory Buildup in S.C. by Mid-2019
The Department of Energy will not be able to deliver 80 new nuclear warhead cores a year in 2030 unless the civilian agency starts building new plutonium processing facilities in […]
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Nuclear Modernization
NNSA, TVA Forge New Interagency Agreement on Uranium for Tritium Production
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Thursday announced a new interagency agreement to continue providing the federally owned Tennessee Valley Authority with low-enriched uranium that makes it possible to […]
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Nuclear Modernization
New LANL Manager Should Pay Gross Receipts Tax, NM Tax Agency Says
Incoming Los Alamos National Laboratory manager Triad National Security will indeed have to pay a state gross receipts tax of just over 7 percent, a spokesperson for the New Mexico […]