Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Civilian Nuke Chief Quits
Lisa Gordon-Hagerty resigned as administrator of the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration after two years, eight months and 22 days as the head of the U.S. civilian nuclear […]
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Business/FinancialBWXT Earnings Steady in Third Quarter
Lynchburg, Va.-based BWX Technologies [BWXT] hauled in $520 million in revenue during the third quarter, which ended Sept. 30, which is up 3% from the $506 million it took in […]
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Nuclear ModernizationEx-No. 2 at DoE Nuke Agency Doesn’t Rule Out Return to Club Fed
A former number-two at the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration would not rule out a return to government service on the eve of the presidential election. “No comment,” […]
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Nuclear ModernizationOne-Quarter Continuing Resolution Fine, Full-Year Bad, DoE Nuke Procurement Honcho Says
Three months of frozen budgets is probably no big deal for the Department of Energy’s portfolio of 21st-century weapons-production construction, but a year’s worth would be bad news, a senior […]
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Nuclear ModernizationU.K. Nationalizing Operations of its Nuclear Weapons Complex
The United Kingdom is nationalizing operations of its Atomic Weapons Establishment after letting contractors run it for nearly three decades, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense said Monday. The Atomic Weapons […]
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CongressHASC Chair ‘Confident’ Biden Administration Will Consider Minimum-Deterrent Nuclear Arsenal
If Joe Biden wins the White House in the Nov. 3 election, his administration will consider backing off the U.S. nuclear buildup set in place by the Obama administration in […]
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Nuclear ModernizationRussia Drops More Arms Control Proposals; NSA O’Brien Scheduled for Nat Sec Talk Wednesday
Amid the public whipsaw of New START nuclear-arms negotiations between Washington and Moscow, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, offered to limit deployment of land-based intermediate range missiles near the European […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNational Academies Panel Recommends Fixed Term for NNSA Administration, Removal of Senate Confirmation for Other Nuke Officials
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) leader should get a fixed term, senior agency managers should be exempted from Senate approval and the stockpile’s steward should strive for a closer […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSTRATCOM Warns Against Triad Trimming, State Pushes Verifiable Warhead Freeze
On Wednesday, top U.S. officials in Washington warned against cutting the U.S. nuclear arsenal or agreeing to extend a nuclear arms control treaty with Russia without assurances that Moscow’s promised […]
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Nuclear ModernizationRussia Appears to Offer One-Year New START Extension for Warhead Freeze — and No Other Conditions
The Russian Federation on Tuesday appeared to offer a one-year extension of the New START nuclear arms-limitation treaty with the U.S., as long as a politically binding, bilateral warhead freeze […]