Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear ModernizationBiden Admin Looks at Ex-Sandia Director for Top NNSA Post
A former director of the Sandia National Laboratories has floated toward the top of the Joe Biden administration’s list of candidates to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCyber, Nukes, OCO are Big Boogeymen in Defense Budget, HAC-D Chair Says
Nuclear weapons are one of a trilogy of high-spend programs likely to affect defense spending decisions for years, the chair of a House Appropriations panel said Tuesday in an online […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCut Other Programs for Nukes, Not Nukes for Other Programs, ICBM-State Senator Says
Non-nuclear weapons programs should be prepared to pay the bills for the nuclear programs, if it comes to that, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), one of the biggest nuclear weapons stakeholders […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUK Makes Higher Warhead Cap Official: 260 For Trident Fleet
The United Kingdom officially announced Tuesday that it will raise the cap on its nuclear arsenal to 260 submarine-launched ballistic-missile warheads from the previous target of 180 warheads. “In 2010 […]
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Business/FinancialBittner is New General Manager for BWXT Lynchburg
Jim Bittner is taking over as vice president and general manager for BWX Technologies’ [BWXT] Nuclear Operations Groups’ Lynchburg, Va., manufacturing facility, which manufactures reactors for naval aircraft carriers and […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBiden Admin Review of Nuke Matters Muzzles Pentagon Head of Nuke Matters
A Pentagon official pulled out of a scheduled public briefing about plutonium pit production at the Savannah River Site on Monday because of a gag order imposed by a Biden […]
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Nuclear ModernizationKreitz Leaving Los Alamos; Nelson Returning to Lab to Helm Pit Infrastructure Projects
Paul Kreitz, who for the last two years helped manage planning and construction of new infrastructure to cast fresh nuclear-weapon cores at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, is leaving lab […]
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CongressPits, Command and Control on HASC Chair’s Radar in Coming Budget Debate
Plutonium pits and command and control are the top nuclear priorities for Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) in the next federal budget cycle, the head of the House Armed Services Committee […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBudil Set to Take Over as Head of Livermore Nuke Lab
Kim Budil was set to take over as the 13th director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California on Tuesday. The younger of the two nuclear weapons design laboratories […]
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Nuclear ModernizationGranholm Confirmed as Secretary of Energy; Civilian Nuke Sites Under New Management
Jennifer Granholm will be the next secretary of energy after the Senate confirmed her by a wide, bipartisan margin to lead the Department of Energy and the almost $30-billion-a-year worth […]