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Nuclear ModernizationPerry Waives Requirement to Build MOX Plant; Says Alternative is More Than $20 Billion Cheaper
It will cost about $20 billion to dispose of 34 metric tons of surplus weapon-grade plutonium by burying it in the New Mexico desert, compared with almost $50 billion to […]
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UncategorizedDoE to Split Production of Warhead Cores Between New Mexico and South Carolina
The Department of Energy said Thursday it will produce nuclear-warhead cores for the ongoing 30-year, $1 trillion modernization of the U.S. nuclear arsenal at two sites instead of one, and […]
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House Subcommittee Passes 2019 DoE Budget Bill; Full Committee Markup TBD
The House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee approved a roughly $36 billion Department of Energy budget bill Monday, which heads to the full committee for a markup that had […]
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House Armed Services Subcommittee Calls for Bigger NNSA Budget; Aides Warn of Warhead Fight
There will be no discussion of low-yield warheads, plutonium pits, or a controversial plutonium-disposal plant on Thursday when the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee marks up its portion of […]
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Navy/USMCHead of BWXT Nuclear Operations Group Leaving After June; Head Lawyer Also to Depart
Joseph Henry, president and chief operating officer of BWX Technologies’ Nuclear Operations Group, will retire June 30, the company disclosed Monday in a regulatory filing. It was not immediately clear […]
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Final Bids in On LANL Contract, UC Says
The University of California submitted its best and final offer to manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory for the next decade, a spokesperson for the institution said Friday. “It’s my […]
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Texas A&M Team Files ‘Best and Final’ Offer on LANL Contract
The bid team that includes Texas A&M University has submitted its final offer on a contract to manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory for the next 10 years, a university […]
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Nuclear ModernizationWhite House Wants $65M For DOE Work On Low-Yield Warhead In 2019
The White House wants $65 million in fiscal 2019 for the Department of Energy’s work on the low-yield ballistic-missile warhead called for in the latest Nuclear Posture Review, a weapon […]
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BudgetWhite House Wants $65M For DOE Work On Low-Yield Warhead In 2019
The White House wants $65 million in fiscal 2019 for the Department of Energy’s work on the low-yield ballistic-missile warhead called for in the latest Nuclear Posture Review, a weapon […]
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BudgetFeinstein Won’t Vote for DoE Budget That Includes B83 Bomb
The ranking Democrat on the Senate panel that writes the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) annual funding bill said Wednesday she would not vote for a budget that keeps the […]