
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, if a bill under debate in the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday becomes law. This development, among others, during the House Armed Services Committee’s day-long public debate of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bucked the Biden administration’s spending proposal for the NNSA on a bi-partisan basis. The committee…