Nuclear Modernization
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BudgetGeorgia Lawmaker Asks Colleagues To Keep Programs Whole at Nearby DoE Nuclear Weapon Site
A Georgia congressman released a written request that House appropriators accept the White House’s funding request for the Savannah River Site’s proposed plutonium pit factory and reject a proposed cut […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAs Decades-Long Modernization Slog Ramps Up, GAO Explores Advanced Manufacturing Across NNSA Enterprise
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) could do a better job tracking the performance of some $300 million worth of research and development activities in its Advanced Manufacturing Development program, […]
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Nuclear ModernizationWildfire Outside LANL Gates Calming Down, Agencies Say
The Cerro Pelado wildfire in New Mexico, which started a month ago today, was about 80% contained on Sunday, according to the latest update from state and federal agencies. Firefighters over […]
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Nuclear ModernizationPlutonium Pit Master Sked Coming This Year; First W80-4 Cruise Missile Warhead Likely Late, NNSA Admin Testifies
This year, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will finish an integrated master schedule for building a new plutonium pit manufacturing complex and this summer it will quantify delays to […]
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CongressPlan To Get Plutonium-Pit Factories Back On Track Coming In ‘Early Fall,’ Official Tells Lawmakers
It will take all summer to finalize a plan aimed at hastening construction of a key nuclear-weapon-component factory that has fallen behind schedule in South Carolina, a Pentagon official said […]
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CongressUranium Processing Facility Will Be Eight Months Late, NNSA Says
A new facility for manufacturing nuclear-weapon secondary stages will not be completed until August 2026: eight months later than expected, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) told […]
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Business/FinancialBig Civilian Nuke Sites Contract Canceled Amid Conflict of Interest Controversy
In a blow to Fluor [FLR] and Amentum, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Monday it canceled a potentially 10-year, $28 billion contract for a joint venture of the […]
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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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