Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear ModernizationBiden Budget, Memo Call For Reduced Reliance on B83 Gravity Bomb
Citing a national security memorandum that describes a reduced need for the B83 thermonuclear gravity bomb, the National Nuclear Administration (NNSA) proposed cutting funding for the weapon in its 2024 […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA’s Head of Nuclear Security Announces Retirement
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) longest-serving associate administrator Jeffrey Johnson, the chief of nuclear security, announced his retirement on Monday. Johnson served eight years at NNSA following a 20-year […]
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BudgetUranium Processing Facility in ‘28 or ‘29; Los Alamos Pits Stymied By Staff Shortfall, NNSA Budget Doc Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) budget request for fiscal year 2024 includes a funding boost for plutonium pit production in New Mexico, with the goal of building 80 per […]
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Nuclear Modernization
U.S. Faces Low-Yield Nuclear Weapon Shortfall Against Russia and China, STRATCOM Commander Says
The U.S. military lags behind both Russia and China in building and fielding low-yield nuclear weapons and can address that gap by diversifying the military’s nuclear options, the head of […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCNS Launches Hiring Spree to Meet Cybersecurity Needs at NNSA Sites
Facing expanding mandates for information security at the two big nuclear-weapon production sites it manages, Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) has launched a hiring spree for qualified information technology and cybersecurity […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUS Still Waiting For Russia To Explain What Moscow’s Suspension of Last Nuke Treaty Means
Russia’s suspension last week of the world’s biggest bilateral nuclear-weapons treaty is not official yet and Moscow was still talking to the State Department about the treaty as of Monday, […]
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Russia to ‘Suspend’ Participation in New START But Stick to Treaty’s Warhead Limits
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, said Tuesday Russia will “suspend” its participation in the New START nuclear arms control treaty but adhere to the treaty’s limits on deployed strategic nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCourt Will Wait Until Late Summer To Decide Fate of Lawsuit About S.C. Nuclear-Weapon Plant
A nearly two year-old federal lawsuit filed by environmental groups against the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) planned plutonium-pit plant in South Carolina should enter its final stages this summer, […]
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Business/FinancialFluor Earnings Rise During Quarter, Year, Although Mission Solutions Down
Earnings improved at Fluor [FLR] in the fourth quarter, which the engineering and construction contractor for the Department of Energy attributed Tuesday to improved efficiency and certain financial adjustments. Net […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLivermore’s Next Subcritical Test Coming This Year
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was set to fire the first test in its Nimble series of subcritical experiments in the late summer, a senior lab official said Wednesday. “The […]