Nuclear Weapons
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CongressHouse Armed Services Approves Harder Look at Planned DoE Weapons Plant in South Carolina
The House Armed Services Committee approved more scrutiny of a planned nuclear-weapon-core factory on Wednesday, but otherwise appeared set at deadline to authorize the large funding increase requested by the […]
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COVID-19Pair of Sandia Buildings Closed for Cleaning After COVID-19 Cases Confirmed
The Sandia National Laboratories cleared out a couple buildings on its New Mexico campus last week after confirming positive cases of COVID-19 there, though one of the facilities reopened before […]
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CongressCantwell Roasts NDAA for Ceding Control of Energy Dept. Nuke Budget to Pentagon
Nuclear spending debates in Congress often pit active weapons programs against the remediation of shuttered Manhattan Project and Cold War production sites, but this year’s proceeding has one defense-nuclear cleanup […]
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COVID-19
More NNSA Employees Eligible to Return to Work for Phase 2 of DoE Reopening
More National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) employees may return to work in Washington, D.C.-area headquarters buildings on Monday at the start of Phase 2 of the Department of Energy’s return-to-work […]
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Congress
House Dems Authorize Requested Funding for Civilian Nuclear Weapons Agency
After a truncated hearing season filled with furrowed brows, skepticism and hawkish posturing about leftover appropriations unspent, the House Armed Services Committee is authorizing even more funding than the National […]
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Business/FinancialGAO Asks If Cost-Savings Methods at Pantex/Y-12 Could Work at Other Nuke Sites
A day after the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced it would not pick up the remaining options on the existing management deal for its Y-12 and Pantex sites, the […]
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Congress
DoD Would Get More Say in DoE Nuke Budget, Under Senate Committee’s NDAA
The Department of Defense would get more control over the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons budget under the Senate version of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which was […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Nuke Agency Kicking Out Prime Contractor of Two Major Weapons Production Sites
The Department of Energy will not pick up the remaining options on Bechtel National-led Consolidated Nuclear Security’s contract to manage the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Pantex Plant, which […]
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Nuclear ModernizationReport on Nuke Industrial Base is Part of House NDAA
The House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces subcommittee approved the nuclear-weapons parts of the chamber’s 2021 National Defense Authorization Act on Monday in a brief markup that sets the stage […]
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COVID-19
DoE Nuke Agency Confirms Seven More COVID-19 Cases; HQ to Expand Operations
There were seven confirmed new cases of COVID-19 across the U.S. civilian nuclear weapons complex last week, a spokesperson for the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration said Friday. […]