Nuclear Modernization
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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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Nuclear ModernizationE-4B Operators at Offutt AFB Receive High Fidelity, Full Motion Simulator
This month, the Air Force 595th Command and Control Group at Offutt AFB, Neb., received the first high fidelity, full motion simulator for nuclear command and control (C2)/disaster C2 aircraft […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuclear Fuel Services To Start Weapons-Uranium Work Under Sole-Source NNSA Contract
BWX Technologies Nuclear Fuel Services, Erwin, Tenn., will begin producing purified uranium metal for nuclear weapons under a sole-source award announced Wednesday by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). “The […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFlying Turkey Briefly Caused Loss of Power at Y-12
A turkey flew into an overhead powerline and tripped a circuit breaker at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., last month, blacking out buildings on the west […]