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Nuclear ModernizationLivermore’s Next Subcritical Test Coming This Year
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was set to fire the first test in its Nimble series of subcritical experiments in the late summer, a senior lab official said Wednesday. “The […]
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Nuclear ModernizationPossible To Get 30 Pits at Los Alamos Before 2030, Lab Director Says
The Los Alamos National Laboratory might still be able to make 30 nuclear-weapon cores before 2030, even though the equipment needed to do it is not supposed to be ready […]
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Nuclear Modernization80-plus Pits Needed Annually in Future; Savannah River to Pick Up the Slack, NNSA Admin Says
With delays piling up for its two planned plutonium pit factories, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) already believes it will have to exceed the military’s minimum annual order for […]
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Nuclear ModernizationShifting Military Requirements Changed Design of New ICBM Pit; First Unit Delayed
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) changed the design for the nuclear core of a planned intercontinental ballistic missile warhead late last year, a senior agency official said Tuesday. Altering […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNew Livermore ‘Model Contract’ Could Help Shape Coming Competition for Pantex, NNSA Official Says
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will serve as a test-bed for some of the changes the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plans to make to the big site-management contracts of […]
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CongressSenate Nuclear-Weapons Panel Keeps Leaders, Has Minimal Roster Changes in 118th Congress
Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) will continue as the chair and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee in the 118th Congress, the committee […]
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House Committee Leaders Seek DoE Documents About Russian Hack That Targeted Livermore
Congressional leaders asked the Department of Energy to turn over by Feb. 16 its communications with three national labs reportedly targeted in January by Russian hackers. The Lawrence Livermore National […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHouse Armed Services Committee Shuffles Staff For 118th Congress
There will be some churn in the 118th Congress among staff on the House Armed Services Committee, which sets policy and spending limits for Department of Energy nuclear-weapons programs, according […]
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Los Alamos Will Have Equipment to Make 30 Nuke Cores by 2030, According to DoE Memo
The Los Alamos National Laboratory will install by 2030 the equipment needed to make at least 30 plutonium pits annually, according to a Jan. 19 memo from the deputy secretary […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSRS Planning Efforts Underway For Transfer to NNSA
Feds at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina are busy planning to transfer responsibility for the complex to DoE’s nuclear weapons office from the cleanup branch […]
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