Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Labs Complete Second Temperature Test of W80-4 Cruise-Missile Warhead
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories have successfully performed a second joint abnormal thermal environment test for the W80-4 Life Extension Program, the labs recently announced. Carried out […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLos Alamos Lab Contractor Cited For Series of Plutonium Facility Safety Violations In 2021
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) management has been put on notice after a series of safety violations two years ago sent red flags all the way up to National Nuclear […]
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CongressDoE Defense-Nuclear Programs Would Dodge Big Cuts In Deficit Deal
The House on Wednesday evening easily passed legislation that would cut much non-defense federal spending over the next two years in exchange for extending U.S. money-borrowing authority. For fiscal year […]
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Air ForceUSAF Gives Go Ahead to Start Construction of Support Infrastructure for Sentinel
Robert Moriarty, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Installations, has given the go-ahead to start the support construction phase for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel […]
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CongressU.S. Senators Form Caucus Dedicated To Advocating for DoE Labs
Senators from four states have joined forces to form a caucus dedicated to advocating for U.S. national laboratories, including those overseen by the National Nuclear Security Administration. Senators Ben Ray […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLivermore Lab, SambaNova Boost Computing Capacity to Better Study Nuclear-Weapon Physics
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory added SambaNova Systems’ spatial data flow accelerator to the lab’s Livermore Computing Center as part of an effort to see if artificial intelligence can aid the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationIn Hiroshima, G7 Leaders Denounce Russian Nuclear Rhetoric, Reaffirm Goal of Nuclear-Weapon-Free World
Meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, the site of the first of the only two nuclear weapons deployed in wartime, leaders of the Group of Seven nations reaffirmed a commitment to rid […]
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Nuclear ModernizationU.S. Publishes Nuclear Weapons Numbers as Russia Ignores Treaty Obligations
The U.S. State Department released aggregate numbers of strategic offensive nuclear weapons on Monday, its obligation under the New START treaty, despite Russia’s refusal to participate further in the bilateral […]
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NNSA Breaks Ground On New Nevada Site Emergency Operations Center
Ground was broken last week on a new 13,000-square-foot operational command center at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Nevada National Security Site to consolidate emergency services into a single […]
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Air ForcePentagon Accelerating Buy of Test Equipment for Sentinel to Reduce Program Risk
The Pentagon said that it is embarking on risk reduction on the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel program through an acceleration in the buy of test equipment for initial operational […]
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