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Nuclear ModernizationW88 Alt-370 Milestone Has Pantex Closer to ‘Rate Production’
The Pantex Plant assembled the “first production capability unit” of the W88 Alt-370 submarine-launched warhead, a precursor to the first production unit intended to prove the entire warhead design is […]
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Navy/USMCLow-Yield Warhead Eliminates Need for Nuclear Buildup, State Says
The Department of State on Friday framed deployment of a low-yield warhead aboard U.S. submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missiles as a means of preventing a nuclear arms race. The agency’s 10-page, […]
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COVID-19NNSA Seeking N95 Respirators for Workforce; Chinese-made Equivalents Okay
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) gave a small business in Georgia a roughly $240,000 fixed-price contract to provide almost a quarter-million, China-made N95-style respirator masks for its contractor and […]
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COVID-19Energy Dept. HQ COVID-19 Cases at 10, With More Reported Recoveries
Two more people at the Department of Energy’s Forrestal Building headquarters in Washington, D.C., have tested positive for COVID-19, Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette said Friday. One employee has not […]
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Business/FinancialGermany Could Buy American for NATO Nuke Mission; Possible Boon for Boeing
Germany’s Federal Ministry for Defence wants the country to buy American for the future of the country’s nuclear-sharing mission with the U.S., urging the legislature to approve the purchase of […]
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COVID-19DoE Nuke Agency Puts CARES Act Relief Language Into Prime Contracts
Not much sooner than Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette provided the guidance for doing so, the agency’s semi-autonomous nuclear-weapons agency added language to prime contracts enabling operators of nuclear weapons sites […]
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COVID-19DoE Plant for Nuke Weapons Components Bringing Some People Back
The Kansas City National Security Campus, the nation’s manufacturing hub for the non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons, said Monday it will take a baby step back toward normal operations during […]
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COVID-19Los Alamos, Livermore Eye Ramp-Up From COVID-19 Lockdowns
With the United States probing the possibility of thawing the social freeze from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories plan to start […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuclear Fuel Services Reports COVID-19 Cases
Nuclear Fuel Services has a multiple cases of COVID-19 among its workforce, the BWX Technologies [BWXT] subsidiary and defense-uranium contractor said Tuesday. The Erwin, Tenn., company — a key contractor […]
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COVID-19One Nuke Lab Starts Self-Testing Workers; Another Could Follow This Week
The Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories started offering limited COVID-19 tests for its employees last week, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory could start testing this week, according to a […]