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CongressSenate Confirms Turk to be DoE DepSec, 98-2
The Senate confirmed David Turk to be deputy secretary of energy on Tuesday, voting 98-2 to install the former Obama official and Biden staffer as the Department of Energy’s No. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCyber, Nukes, OCO are Big Boogeymen in Defense Budget, HAC-D Chair Says
Nuclear weapons are one of a trilogy of high-spend programs likely to affect defense spending decisions for years, the chair of a House Appropriations panel said Tuesday in an online […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCut Other Programs for Nukes, Not Nukes for Other Programs, ICBM-State Senator Says
Non-nuclear weapons programs should be prepared to pay the bills for the nuclear programs, if it comes to that, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), one of the biggest nuclear weapons stakeholders […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUK Makes Higher Warhead Cap Official: 260 For Trident Fleet
The United Kingdom officially announced Tuesday that it will raise the cap on its nuclear arsenal to 260 submarine-launched ballistic-missile warheads from the previous target of 180 warheads. “In 2010 […]
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Business/FinancialBittner is New General Manager for BWXT Lynchburg
Jim Bittner is taking over as vice president and general manager for BWX Technologies’ [BWXT] Nuclear Operations Groups’ Lynchburg, Va., manufacturing facility, which manufactures reactors for naval aircraft carriers and […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBiden Admin Review of Nuke Matters Muzzles Pentagon Head of Nuke Matters
A Pentagon official pulled out of a scheduled public briefing about plutonium pit production at the Savannah River Site on Monday because of a gag order imposed by a Biden […]
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Nuclear ModernizationKreitz Leaving Los Alamos; Nelson Returning to Lab to Helm Pit Infrastructure Projects
Paul Kreitz, who for the last two years helped manage planning and construction of new infrastructure to cast fresh nuclear-weapon cores at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, is leaving lab […]
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CongressPits, Command and Control on HASC Chair’s Radar in Coming Budget Debate
Plutonium pits and command and control are the top nuclear priorities for Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) in the next federal budget cycle, the head of the House Armed Services Committee […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAnnual GAO Report Gives Civilian Nuke Agency Credit for Improved Contractor Oversight
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has improved oversight of contracts and operations since last year, but the semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency could stand to do more, […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuclear Fuel Services Gets $57M NNSA Contract to Prep for Weapons Uranium Work in Tennessee
Nuclear Fuel Services, Erwin, Tenn., received a long-expected $57-million contract to design and demonstrate highly enriched uranium conversion and purification for the National Nuclear Security Administration, the agency said this […]