Nuclear Weapons
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CongressHouse Appropriators To Consider Civilian Nuclear Weapons Budget Tuesday
The House Appropriations Committee was scheduled Tuesday to vote on the first draft of the 2023 spending bill that funds civilian nuclear weapons programs at the Department of Energy and […]
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CongressBipartisan Votes In Annual Defense-Spending Debate Boost Nuke Cores By Lots
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would be authorized to spend $375 million more than requested on a plutonium pit factory at the Savannah River Site in fiscal year 2023, […]
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CongressMore NNSA Contract Scrutiny Creeps Into 2023 NDAA; Forced Minuteman III Test Voted Down
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday voted for more scrutiny of Department of Energy nuclear-weapon-site contracting and against a proposal to condition funding for the Secretary of Defense’s office […]
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CongressCalifornia Congressman Wants More Pit Reports; Would Withhold NNSA Funding To Get
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) has prepared an amendment to the annual defense authorization bill, up for debate this week, that could withhold 10% of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) […]
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UncategorizedGAO Finds That Los Alamos Safety Culture ‘Needs Improvement,’ According To NNSA
Triad National Security has made the Los Alamos National Laboratory a little safer since taking over as the prime contractor in 2018, but the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) believes […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Congress Should ‘Move Forward’ With NNSA’s Plan For Plutonium Pits, Armed Services Chair Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has not won Rep. Adam Smith’s (D-Wash.) unconditional trust, but it has convinced him to authorize the agency’s plan to produce plutonium pits in […]
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Nuclear ModernizationMore Delays to Uranium Processing Systems at DoE Nuclear Weapons Site
Three uranium processing systems for nuclear weapons at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., will be delayed for six months or more, a federal nuclear safety agency […]
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CongressStrategic Forces Subcommittee Approves Nuclear Weapons Council Changes, Pantex Modernization study for NDAA
The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee approved its contributions to the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act Wednesday, kicking up to the full committee a package of reforms […]
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Budget
Georgia Lawmaker Asks Colleagues To Keep Programs Whole at Nearby DoE Nuclear Weapon Site
A Georgia congressman released a written request that House appropriators accept the White House’s funding request for the Savannah River Site’s proposed plutonium pit factory and reject a proposed cut […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAs Decades-Long Modernization Slog Ramps Up, GAO Explores Advanced Manufacturing Across NNSA Enterprise
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) could do a better job tracking the performance of some $300 million worth of research and development activities in its Advanced Manufacturing Development program, […]
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