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Nuclear ModernizationAussie Nuclear Propulsion Partnership With U.S., U.K., Takes ‘Another Step Forward,’ Prime Minister Says
Australian personnel will be able to access training and information about U.S. and U.K. nuclear naval propulsion as part of the latest progress in the three-way AUKUS agreement to transfer […]
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Navy/USMCColumbia Could be Down to 2 Months of Margin, Navy Program Exec Says
Editor’s note, 11/19/2021, 12:41 p.m. Eastern time. The story was changed to show that the program has two months of margin, according to the Navy’s program executive officer for strategic […]
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UncategorizedNR Head to Industry on Nuke Propulsion Transfer to Australia: Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You
The head of Naval Reactors invited defense industry executives here Wednesday to think about how they’d contribute to a three-way effort to transfer nuclear submarine propulsion to Australia — but […]
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CongressDefense Nuclear Amendments for the Senate’s FY22 NDAA: W80-4; Posture Review; Plant Directed R&D; More
With the Senate set to debate its version of the National Defense Authorization Act this week in Washington — the measure would authorize $20 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration compared […]
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Nuclear ModernizationB61-12 First Production Unit ‘Nearing Completion,’ DoE Nuke Agency Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration is almost finished with a proof-of-concept unit that will kick off mass production of the homogenized version of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, an agency […]
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Business/FinancialDoE Nixes Huge Site Management Competition Over Concerns With Nuclear Weapons Work
Before it even started, the Department of Energy this week canceled a competition for a Savannah River Site management and operations contract worth billions, citing an increase of National Nuclear […]
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Business/FinancialCOVID Tamps BWXT Earnings, Despite Solid Reactor Biz
Despite consistency in the core naval reactors business and good performance from its nuclear-site management contracts with the Department of Energy, COVID-19 dragged down revenue and earnings at BWXT Technologies […]
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UncategorizedNavy Employee Busted in Spy Sting for Trying to Sell Virginia-class Reactor Secrets
A government employee and his wife were arrested over the weekend for attempting this summer to sell classified information about the Virginia-class attack submarine’s nuclear reactor to a foreign government, […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSenators Circle Nuke Nonproliferation Nominee Over Past Iran Stance
In a hearing Thursday, no members of the Senate Armed Services Committee said they would oppose Corey Hinderstein’s nomination to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) top nonproliferation job. Biden […]
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Nuclear ModernizationU.S. Warhead Stockpile at 3,750, State, NNSA Say
There were 3,750 nuclear warheads in the U.S. stockpile as of September 2020 the State Department and National Nuclear Security Administration said Tuesday, down more than 250 since the final […]