Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear ModernizationZerkle To Be No. 2 At Livermore
Longtime Los Alamos National Laboratory manager Carolyn Zerkle will become deputy director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory effective Sept. 12, the California nuclear-weapon design lab said Monday. Zerkle spent […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Drops Most COVID Restrictions; Masks Still Mandatory In Risky Locales
The Department of Energy said Friday it is dropping most pandemic-related safeguards, such as COVID-19 screening and collection of vaccination data for employees and contractors— although indoor mask mandates remain […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNevada Nuke Site Contractor Nets Five-Year Extension
In the latest mega-extension for a nuclear-weapons site-management contractor, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) locked in a Honeywell [HON]-led team for five more years at the Nevada National Security […]
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UncategorizedTwo-Year Delay For First LRSO Warhead, But NNSA Says Will Still Deliver On-Time to Air Force
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) now expects to produce the proof-of-concept article for the refurbished W80 nuclear cruise-missile warhead by the end of fiscal year 2027, roughly two years […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Finishes Split of HQ Procurement Offices; Reorg Meant to Up Focus on M&O Contractors
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) this week split its two headquarters-based procurement offices into three, the head of the agency said. Effective Monday, the agency’s Washington-based procurement bureaucracy comprises: […]
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CongressHouse, Senate NDAAs Both Want Much More For Nuke-Core Factory In South Carolina
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday released all the unclassified details of its fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, showing lawmakers in that chamber disagree with their House […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBids Due Soon on Uranium Sales To NNSA For Domestic Reserve
Less than a month remains for anyone interested in selling domestic uranium to the government for a congressionally directed reserve to submit their bids to the National Nuclear Security Administration […]
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CongressW80-4, Early Nuke R&D Among 1,000+ Amendments Filed to House NDAA
Several nuclear weapons issues, touching on life extension programs, research prohibitions and more, could come up for debate on the House floor next week when lawmakers return to Washington. After […]
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CongressHouse Appropriations Passes $21B NNSA budget; Fleischman Thinks Uranium Plant Needs Double Funding
The House Appropriations on Tuesday approved a 2023 spending bill that included roughly the requested funding for Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs, one of which should get almost double […]
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CongressHouse-Side DoE Spending Bill Has Pits, B83, For NNSA; No SLCM-N
House appropriators want to provide the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) with all the funding it requested in 2023 to build plutonium pit factories in New Mexico and South Carolina […]
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