Nuclear Stockpile
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Nuclear ModernizationDNFSB Member Connery Slams Reorg
The lone member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) to oppose its recently announced reorganization slammed the plan in comments made public this week. In a record of […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Department of Energy Releases Draft Solicitation for New Savannah River Site Contract, Including Nuke Weapons Work
The Department of Energy on Tuesday released a draft solicitation for a Savannah River Site management and operations contract that could be worth nearly $15 billion over 10 years, including […]
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Nuclear ModernizationActing DNFSB Chair Anticipates No Layoffs In Impending Board Reorganization
Restructuring the independent federal agency charged with health and safety oversight at Department of Energy nuclear-weapon and cleanup sites will not involve layoffs, according to the head of the Defense […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Former Air Force Colonel Takes Charge of Honeywell’s NNSA Work
An internal reorganization at Honeywell [HON] Aerospace has put the company’s work on four management and operations contracts with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under the management of single retired […]
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UncategorizedDoE Inches Closer to Warhead-Core Production in NM After Finishing Environmental Review
To support a manufacturing effort crucial to future U.S. nuclear arms-modernization programs, the Department of Energy still plans to drastically increase the amount of plutonium permitted inside a building at the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSTRATCOM Commander Says NNSA Must Resolve Pit Problems By Year’s End
OMAHA, Neb. — The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) may not be able to produce 80 nuclear-warhead cores a year by 2030 unless by the end of this year it […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Congress Releases DoE Nuke Details in NDAA Ahead of Thursday Vote
The House could vote Thursday morning on a compromise defense spending bill that would allow the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to build a new low-yield nuclear warhead in fiscal […]
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UncategorizedDecision to Study Stripping Tritium Mission from Savannah River ‘Routine,’ DoE Official Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) decision to study transferring some $300 million in annual defense nuclear materials operations to Tennessee from South Carolina is “routine,” according to the head […]
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Nuclear ModernizationReturning Nuke Weapons Lab to Non-Profit Structure Key in Big Contract Win, Incoming Management Partner Says
Excising the profit-seeking mindset from the Los Alamos National Laboratory was key to keeping the University of California on the storied nuclear-weapons lab’s management team, an executive with the massive […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Hyten to Tour DoE Nuclear Site in South Carolina Thursday
Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command and effectively customer-in-chief for the nuclear weapons maintained by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), is scheduled on Thursday to […]