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Dan Leone
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Nuclear ModernizationBids Due Soon on Uranium Sales To NNSA For Domestic Reserve
Less than a month remains for anyone interested in selling domestic uranium to the government for a congressionally directed reserve to submit their bids to the National Nuclear Security Administration […]
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CongressW80-4, Early Nuke R&D Among 1,000+ Amendments Filed to House NDAA
Several nuclear weapons issues, touching on life extension programs, research prohibitions and more, could come up for debate on the House floor next week when lawmakers return to Washington. After […]
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CongressHouse Appropriations Passes $21B NNSA budget; Fleischman Thinks Uranium Plant Needs Double Funding
The House Appropriations on Tuesday approved a 2023 spending bill that included roughly the requested funding for Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs, one of which should get almost double […]
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CongressHouse-Side DoE Spending Bill Has Pits, B83, For NNSA; No SLCM-N
House appropriators want to provide the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) with all the funding it requested in 2023 to build plutonium pit factories in New Mexico and South Carolina […]
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CongressHouse Appropriators To Consider Civilian Nuclear Weapons Budget Tuesday
The House Appropriations Committee was scheduled Tuesday to vote on the first draft of the 2023 spending bill that funds civilian nuclear weapons programs at the Department of Energy and […]
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CongressBipartisan Votes In Annual Defense-Spending Debate Boost Nuke Cores By Lots
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would be authorized to spend $375 million more than requested on a plutonium pit factory at the Savannah River Site in fiscal year 2023, […]
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Congress
More NNSA Contract Scrutiny Creeps Into 2023 NDAA; Forced Minuteman III Test Voted Down
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday voted for more scrutiny of Department of Energy nuclear-weapon-site contracting and against a proposal to condition funding for the Secretary of Defense’s office […]
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CongressCalifornia Congressman Wants More Pit Reports; Would Withhold NNSA Funding To Get
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) has prepared an amendment to the annual defense authorization bill, up for debate this week, that could withhold 10% of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) […]
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UncategorizedGAO Finds That Los Alamos Safety Culture ‘Needs Improvement,’ According To NNSA
Triad National Security has made the Los Alamos National Laboratory a little safer since taking over as the prime contractor in 2018, but the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) believes […]
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Congress Should ‘Move Forward’ With NNSA’s Plan For Plutonium Pits, Armed Services Chair Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has not won Rep. Adam Smith’s (D-Wash.) unconditional trust, but it has convinced him to authorize the agency’s plan to produce plutonium pits in […]
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