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Dan Leone
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Homeland SecurityNuclear Weapons Council Plans Spring Field Trips to ‘Key’ NNSA Facilities
To help hash out military requirements for two new low-yield nuclear warheads called for in the Trump administration’s new Nuclear Posture Review, the bi-agency Nuclear Weapons Council is planning a […]
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Homeland SecurityLANL Weapons Chief Lobbies for Plutonium Pit Mission
The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has the technical and safety chops both to manufacture plutonium pits and to lead new research on the nuclear-weapon cores, the head of the […]
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Homeland Security
‘W76 Mod 2’ Would Be NNSA’s New Low-Yield Sub-Launched Warhead
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) could turn the existing W76 warhead into the low-yield submarine-launched weapon requested by the Donald Trump administration by dialing back its explosive yield, […]
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Homeland SecurityLANL Director ‘Confident’ Lab Can Handle Low-Yield Warhead
The director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory said Tuesday he is “confident” the Northern New Mexico nuclear weapons site could help create the low-yield nuclear warheads the Trump administration […]
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Homeland Security
Senate Committee Unanimously Approves Trump’s NNSA Nominee
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved Lisa Gordon-Hagerty to be the full-time administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). President Donald Trump nominated Gordon-Hagerty, a current […]
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Homeland Security
White House Requests 20 Percent Increase for NNSA Weapons Programs in FY ’19
The Trump administration on Monday proposed what would amount to a $2-billion-a-year raise for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) — a roughly $15-billion fiscal 2019 budget request that would […]
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UncategorizedNew Sub-Launched Warheads a ‘Bargaining Chip’ Against Russia, Mattis Says
About a month after word first leaked that the White House wanted to develop a pair of new low-yield nuclear warheads, Defense Secretary James Mattis on Tuesday characterized the proposal […]
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Homeland Security
Low-Yield Warhead Details Due in ’19 Budget, But Big NNSA Infrastructure Plans Will Wait a Year
Cost and schedule details about a proposed low-yield warhead for submarine-launched ballistic cruise missiles will appear in the White House’s fiscal 2019 budget requests later this month, but details about […]
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Homeland Security
UC And Team ‘Deserve’ Next LANL Contract With Their ‘Clever’ Bid, Regent Says
The University of California and its mystery teammates have submitted a “clever” bid to run the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for the next 10 years, the regent in charge […]
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Homeland Security
NNSA Policy Boss Takes Charge Temporarily as Trump Nominee Waits for Senate Hearing
Steven Erhart has been selected as the acting administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration, leapfrogging the semi-autonomous Department of Energy branch’s highest-ranking career civil servant at the helm until […]