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Dan Leone
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Stealth Shipped Half Ton Plutonium to Nevada Last Year
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) “before November 2018” moved roughly half a ton of weapon-usable plutonium to the Nevada National Security Site from the Savannah River Site, in Aiken, […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDOE Has Started Building Low-Yield Sub Warhead
The Department of Energy said Friday it has started building the first low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead ordered by the Donald Trump administration last year. “The Pantex Plant has initiated […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Boss Says Low-Yield Submarine Warhead ‘On Track’
The upper echelons of the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons apparatus shed no light Wednesday on exactly when they will begin producing the low-yield W76-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead — […]
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Nuclear Modernization
New Report On Rising Nuke Costs Sets Table For Deterrent Spending Debate
More nuclear weapons programs will roll into production phases in the 10 years ending 2028, increasing the total annual cost of these efforts by some $10 billion to about $50 […]
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Nuclear ModernizationEnergy Dept. Finishes Refurb of Sub-launched Nuclear Warhead
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) late last year finished refurbishing the final submarine-launched W76 ballistic missile warheads for another 30 years of service, the agency confirmed. The NNSA finished […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUC Official Tapped to Head Nuke Weapons Programs at Livermore Lab
A senior official at the University of California has been picked to lead nuclear weapons programs at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory effective Feb. 4, the Department of Energy facility […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDepartment of Energy Finishes Secondary Stage for First B61-12 Bomb
The National Nuclear Security Administration finished building the secondary stage for the first war-ready B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb on Dec. 6, the semi-autonomous Department of Energy agency said late last […]
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CongressSeapower Subcommittee Sees Leadership Change in New-Look SASC
There were four leadership changes for the 116th Congress among the Senate Armed Services subcommittees, but only one gavel handoff among the Republicans who remain in the majority, the panel […]
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Nuclear ModernizationTrump to Nominate Former ICBM Officer for Civilian Nuke Safety Post
Former Air Force Col. Thomas Summers will join the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), if the Senate confirms the former ICBM officer the Trump administration intends to nominate. The […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCentrus Gets Government Lifeline for Potential Defense Uranium Refining Tech
Centrus Energy, the former government-owned U.S. Enrichment Corp., got a lifeline this week from the Department of Energy to build a new 16-machine enrichment centrifuge cascade in Ohio, potentially strengthening […]