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Dan Leone
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Nuclear ModernizationNew START Lapse Could Mean Billions In DOE Nuclear Expenses, Budget Office Warns
If the New START nuclear arms-limitation treaty expires in February, and the U.S. decides to boost its deployed nuclear weapons, there could be billions of dollars in one-time and recurring […]
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GeneralRadiation-Detecting Helo to Sweep Charlottee Ahead of GOP Convention
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration said Monday it will dispatch a radiation-sniffing helicopter to the skies of Charlotte, N.C., ahead of the 2020 Republican National Convention scheduled […]
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Air ForceGBSD Won’t Have Hypersonic Variant, But It Possibly Could One Day, Air Force General Says
Nobody is planning to put a hypersonic glide vehicle on the next silo-based, intercontinental ballistic missile, but that doesn’t mean it could never happen, according to careful statements Wednesday by […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDems 2020 Platform Doesn’t Directly Endorse No First-Use of Nukes
Democrats do not explicitly endorse a no-first use policy for nuclear weapons, according to a leaked draft of the 2020 platform that crystalizes their pitch to voters ahead of the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Nuke Lab Fingers ‘New Type of Glove’ in June Radiation Leak
Los Alamos National Laboratory blamed a new type of glovebox glove for a June 8 incident that exposed at least one person, and likely more, to radioactive contamination from plutonium […]
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COVID-19New Mexico Nuke-Lab Building Reopens After COVID-19 Case
A Sandia National Laboratories building where the lab conducts performance tests on non-nuclear nuclear-weapons components opened back up for its regular work schedule Monday after closing down for a COVID-19 […]
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Business/FinancialHelm Change at Outgoing Prime Contractor for DoE Nuke Site
Michelle Reichert will become president of Consolidation Nuclear Security, the outgoing management and operations contractor for the Y-12 National Security Site and the Pantex Plant, next week, the Bechtel National-led […]
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Congress‘Some People’ in DoE Want to Shield NNSA Budget Negotiations From Pentagon, Inhofe Says
The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee used a Thursday nomination hearing to spotlight his opposition to House legislation that would made it harder for the Department of Energy […]
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COVID-19
DoE Opening, Closing Buildings at Nuke Engineering Lab After COVID-19 Cases
A day after the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico had mostly reopened Building 823 after a case of COVID-19 among its workforce, the Department of Energy facility had to […]
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Business/FinancialDoE Kicks Off Competition for Contract That Will Fund Nuke-Core Work for ICBMs
The Department of Energy kicked off procurement of the next Savannah River Site management and operations contract by publishing a request for information from industry about a pact that will […]