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COVID-19LANL Wants to Test Own Employees for COVID-19 Starting Today
The Los Alamos National Laboratory is set to begin testing its own employees for COVID-19 on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the northern New Mexico lab confirmed Monday. The local Los […]
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BudgetSenate Armed Services Committee Wants to Pass NDAA By July 4
The Senate Armed Services Committee thinks its version of the annual policy-shaping National Defense Authorization Act could pass the upper chamber before the Fourth of July holiday, a Committee aide […]
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COVID-19Two More COVID-19 Cases Confirmed at DoE HQ
Two more staffers at Department of Energy headquarters buildings in and near Washington, D.C., have tested positive for COVID-19, Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette said Friday. One of these people […]
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COVID-19National Ignition Facility Experiments Have Resumed, DoE Says
Experiments resumed at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California in late April, following a COVID-19 shutdown, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSandia Rad-Hardened Electronics Lab Reopens After Deep Cleaning From COVID-19 Case
The Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico temporarily closed parts of the MESA complex where it produces radiation-hardened microelectronics for nuclear weapons after someone working there tested positive for COVID-19. […]
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CongressThornberry Wants Maxed Out NDAA Funds, With COVID-19 Top-Off
The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act should have at least a $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021, and the Pentagon should get additional funds to counter […]
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Nuclear ModernizationTrump Admin Nominates New State Dept. Arms Control Chief
The Trump administration on Monday nominated Marshall Billingslea, the former Treasury Department antiterrorism official nominally in charge of nuclear arms control negotiations, as undersecretary of state for arms control and […]
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COVID-19Livermore Tightening On-Site COVID-19 Protocols as Workers Trickle Back
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Department of Energy nuclear-weapon site closest to a major metropolitan area, is preparing for another month of stay-at-home orders in surrounding Alameda County, Calif., […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFormer NNSA Head Says New START Lapse Could Sap Hill Support Nukes
The National Nuclear Security Administration might lose political support in Congress if the New START nuclear arms control treaty with Russia lapses, the immediate past head of the semi-autonomous nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLRSO Might Be Early, Top Air Force Nuke General Says
Two key nuclear delivery systems, the Long Range Standoff Weapon cruise missile and the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) intercontinental ballistic missile should be ready on time — the cruise […]