Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationParsons Gets $21 Million Deal For Los Alamos Construction Management
Parsons [PSN] announced the award of a $21 million task order by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Infrastructure to continue managing construction projects at Los Alamos National […]
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Nuclear ModernizationMass Production of B61-12, W88 Alt 370 At Halfway Point
Some time between October and December, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) programs to refurbish its B61 bombs and W88 warheads reached the halfway mark, an agency spokesperson said Monday. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLivermore Lab Develops New Tool To Simulate Using Nukes To Deflect Asteroids Away From Earth
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory developed a new tool to model how blowing up a nuclear weapon might stop an asteroid from slamming into Earth. Published in December in […]
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Navy/USMCHouston Confirmed By Senate To Lead Naval Reactors, Cleared For Promotion To Admiral
About six months after his nomination, the Senate on Tuesday confirmed Vice Adm. William Houston to be director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program that develops reactors for Navy warships […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDNFSB Wants NNSA Response To Worker Concerns By Jan. 19
A federal nuclear safety watchdog wants the National Nuclear Security Administration to respond to concerns over worker safety at the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility in just over a month. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNDAA Would Bar Plutonium-Cleanup Expansion Until LANL Can Make 30 Pits Per Year
The Los Alamos National Laboratory would be barred from expanding equipment needed to dispose of surplus plutonium until the lab certifies it can produce at least 30 nuclear weapon cores […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFinal 2024 NDAA Requires Development of Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missile
The agreed-upon conference report on the 2024 must-pass defense policy bill includes a requirement for the Defense Department and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to develop a nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise […]
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Nuclear ModernizationIranian-Born Academic Sues; Was Fired After Allegedly Letting Iranian Student Access NNSA Software
An Iranian-born ex-professor, fired from the University of Toledo in Ohio for allegedly allowing an Iranian citizen to access software owned by the National Nuclear Security Administration, sued the school […]
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Nuclear ModernizationY-12 Uranium Facility Hurt By Contractor Performance, Other Problems Latest Stockpile Plan Says
Substandard contractor performance delayed the launch of a new Uranium Processing Facility at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee until 2029, according to the agency’s […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDems Want Cost Estimates Congress Didn’t Ask For in Nuke Modernization Report
Lawmakers who created an independent commission to study U.S. nuclear modernization efforts without estimating the cost, now want to see what replacing all three legs of the triad and rehabbing […]