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Acting NNSA Head Says Unfired Employees Have Been Contacted, Returned to Work

Sarah Salem

Wednesday, February 26th, 2025

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Teresa Robbins, acting administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, told sister publication The Exchange Monitor Tuesday that everyone whose firing was rescinded at the agency was successfully contacted and has returned to work. Robbins spoke to the Monitor on the sidelines of a panel on Capitol Hill hosted by Washington forum Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance and the congressional nuclear security working group chaired by Reps. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) and Bill Foster (D-Ill.). When asked if there would be a second round of…

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