Nuclear Modernization
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Navy/USMCColumbia, Dreadnought Subs ‘Bounced Back’ From Faulty Missile Tubes, U.S. Admiral Says
Faulty missile tubes that earlier consumed months of schedule margin on the next-generation U.S. nuclear-armed, ballistic missile submarines are not pacing the schedule for the boats anymore, the admiral in […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHearing on Nuclear Weapons, Waste Budgets Canceled Amid Voting ‘Circus’ on House Floor
The House Appropriations subcommittee in charge of writing the first draft of the Department of Energy’s annual budget called off a Wednesday hearing with the agency’s top nuclear weapons and […]
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Nuclear ModernizationPrez, CEO of Prime Contractor For Big Civilian Nuclear Weapon Sites Retiring
Michelle Reichert said she will retire May 20 as president and chief executive officer of Consolidated Nuclear Security, the outgoing management and operations contractor of the U.S.’ two main nuclear-weapon […]
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Nuclear ModernizationWeather, Steam Generator ‘Issues’ Delay Restart of Weapons-Tritium Production at Watts Bar 2
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission allowed the Tennessee Valley Authority to work some people harder during an ongoing service outage at the Watts Bar 2 nuclear reactor, where the restart of […]
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Business/FinancialBWXT Q1 Earnings Decline As Revenue Rises
Earnings fell at BWX Technologies [BWXT] in the first quarter, which the company attributed Monday to pension issues and lower productivity in the naval reactors business. Net earnings for the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationMore Money Won’t Buy More Pits, NNSA Administrator, Nuclear Weapons Council Chair Tells Senators
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) won’t be able to make 80 pits annually by 2030 even if Congress throws more money at the problem this year, the agency’s top […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE, DoD, ‘Sorting Out’ Plutonium Pit Needs; New Pits ‘a Hedge,’ NNSA Says
The Pentagon and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) are still “sorting out” exactly how many nuclear-weapon triggers the military needs and by when, the head of the civilian agency […]
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Business/FinancialDoE Locks in Honeywell Subsidiary at Nuclear Weapons Lab for Five More Years
Honeywell’s [HON] wholly owned subsidiary National Engineering and Technology Solutions of Sandia will be the prime contractor for the Sandia National Laboratories for another five years, the Department of Energy’s […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLRSO Program Receives Nearly $382 Million Boost in USAF Request
The U.S. Air Force in fiscal 2023 is requesting almost $981 million for the Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Long Range Standoff Missile (LRSO), nearly $382 million more than appropriated by Congress […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Rolling On With Plans to Shore Up Federal Workforce
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) aims to continue shoring up its workforce by adding the equivalent of 38 full-time employees in fiscal year 2023, according to newly released details […]
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