Nuclear Modernization
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BudgetEnergy Appropriator Hopes to Avoid Government Shutdown
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) Tuesday prodded hundreds of people here for the National Cleanup Workshop to urge their congressional representatives to avoid a federal government shutdown but stopped short of […]
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Navy/USMCNo Proof NNSA Ignored Technical Concerns About W88 Upgrades, Inspector General Says
Federal officials did not inappropriately block contractors from investigating concerns about a program to refurbish one of the Navy’s two nuclear weapons, the Department of Energy’s inspector general wrote in […]
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Air ForceLatest Unarmed Minuteman III Test One of More Than 300 So Far, AFGSC Says
U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command and the U.S. Space Force’s 30th Space Launch Delta Guardians launched an unarmed Boeing [BA] Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) equipped with three […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Mismanaged Subcritical Explosive Testing Programs, GAO Finds
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) mismanaged development of two machines used to measure the explosive power of nuclear weapons, leading to program delays and cost overruns, the Government Accountability […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLivermore’s Bauer To Lead New ‘Blueprint’ To Revamp NNSA Enterprise
Linda Bauer, former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory deputy director, will lead a new effort to write a “blueprint” for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) production and science and technology […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Nuke Modernization Blows Beyond Cost and Schedule Estimates, GAO Finds
Major National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) projects to modernize nuclear-weapons production infrastructure shot $2 billion past estimated budgets and are collectively overdue by nearly a decade, according to a recent […]
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Business/FinancialEarnings and Revenue Rise at Parsons In Second Quarter
Revenue and earnings rose in the second quarter at Parsons Corp. [PSN], Centreville, Va., buoyed year-over-year by the start of some federal contract work and the 2022 acquisition of cyber […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCarr Is New CEO at Energy Department’s South Carolina Nuclear Weapon Site
The Fluor [FLR]-led operations contractor at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina promoted Dennis Carr to CEO following Stuart MacVean’s retirement on Thursday, a company spokesperson […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLos Alamos Workforce Will Level Off at About 20,000 By 2025, Triad Official Says
The recent unprecedented expansion of the Los Alamos National Laboratory workforce will continue for at least another year before leveling out at around 2,0000 employees, a senior lab official told […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Spending Will Top $75 Billion Per Year Over Next Decade, Mostly To Modernize Triad
Over the next decade, the U.S. will spend an estimated $756 billion on modernizing and maintaining its current and future nuclear forces, or about $75 billion per year, a new […]