Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Investigating Loss of Criticality Controls at Y-12 Uranium Processing Facility
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Office of Enterprise Assessments is investigating an incident at the Y-12 National Security Complex in which a machine used to shape uranium was dismantled […]
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Nuclear ModernizationPossible Suitors For Pantex M&O Pact Emerge
Jacobs Solutions [J], Huntington Ingalls [HII], BWX Technologies [BWXT] and others are among those seeking the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) decade-spanning, $30 billion contract to manage the agency’s nuclear-weapons […]
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Air ForceAir Force Aims For F-35 Nuclear Certification in January, But Jets Won’t Be Ready Then
The Air Force expects to certify the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to carry nuclear weapons in January, once sufficient numbers of pilots and ground crew are trained to carry out […]
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BudgetEnergy Appropriator Hopes to Avoid Government Shutdown
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) Tuesday prodded hundreds of people here for the National Cleanup Workshop to urge their congressional representatives to avoid a federal government shutdown but stopped short of […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Mismanaged Subcritical Explosive Testing Programs, GAO Finds
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) mismanaged development of two machines used to measure the explosive power of nuclear weapons, leading to program delays and cost overruns, the Government Accountability […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLivermore’s Bauer To Lead New ‘Blueprint’ To Revamp NNSA Enterprise
Linda Bauer, former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory deputy director, will lead a new effort to write a “blueprint” for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) production and science and technology […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Nuke Modernization Blows Beyond Cost and Schedule Estimates, GAO Finds
Major National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) projects to modernize nuclear-weapons production infrastructure shot $2 billion past estimated budgets and are collectively overdue by nearly a decade, according to a recent […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCarr Is New CEO at Energy Department’s South Carolina Nuclear Weapon Site
The Fluor [FLR]-led operations contractor at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina promoted Dennis Carr to CEO following Stuart MacVean’s retirement on Thursday, a company spokesperson […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLos Alamos Workforce Will Level Off at About 20,000 By 2025, Triad Official Says
The recent unprecedented expansion of the Los Alamos National Laboratory workforce will continue for at least another year before leveling out at around 2,0000 employees, a senior lab official told […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Spending Will Top $75 Billion Per Year Over Next Decade, Mostly To Modernize Triad
Over the next decade, the U.S. will spend an estimated $756 billion on modernizing and maintaining its current and future nuclear forces, or about $75 billion per year, a new […]