Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationUranium Recovery Furnaces Set to Fire Up in 2029; Stopgap Expected to Operate This Year
Bottom-loading furnaces at the Y-12 National Security Complex, encased in a glovebox and designed to recover usable uranium scraps, will be ready for operations by late 2029, with a stop-gap […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUSAF and Navy May Pursue Separate Nuclear C2 Aircraft, As Navy Replaces Corroded Spar Chords on E-6B
The U.S. Air Force and Navy may pursue separate aircraft for nuclear command and control missions for connecting ballistic missile sites and submarines to the president. In the meantime, the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Adds New No. 2 for Information Systems
Steven McAndrews is the National Nuclear Security Administration’s new deputy associate administrator for information management and deputy chief information officer, a senior agency official said. McAndrews on Monday become the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSearch is On, but No Contract Imminent for New High Explosives Supplier
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) took a step toward forging another link in the nuclear-weapon supply chain of the 21st century late last year when it sought industry input […]
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CongressDem Lawmakers Urge Biden To Cut Low-Yield Warhead, Sea-Launched Nuke As Part Of Upcoming Review
A group of Democratic lawmakers are calling on President Biden to use the imminent Nuclear Posture Review as an opportunity to cut two nuclear modernization programs approved during the Trump […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin to Receive USAF Contract for ICBM Console Repair
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is to receive a five-year U.S. Air Force contract to conduct any needed repairs of Weapon System Control Console (WSCC) line replaceable units for the Boeing [BA] […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCivilian Reactors to Shoulder Bigger Loads of Nuclear Weapons Program
Civilian reactors in Tennessee notionally will sharply increase their output of tritium for U.S. nuclear weapons by the fall of 2024 to help the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) produce […]
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Business/FinancialProtests of Big NNSA Production Sites Contract Dismissed as Agency Plans ‘Corrective Action’
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plans to address a perceived conflict of interest, raised by a Bechtel National-led team, about the agency’s November award of a potentially decade-long sites-management […]
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CongressSASC, HASC’s GOP Leaders Urge Biden Not To Cut Recently Approved Nuke Modernization Efforts
The top Republicans on the Senate and House Armed Services Committees urged the Biden administration on Thursday against cutting recently approved nuclear modernization efforts as part of its upcoming Nuclear […]
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COVID-19Nuclear Weapons Engineering Lab Temporarily Drops Vax Mandate
The Sandia National Laboratories have temporarily dropped a requirement that all employees be vaccinated against COVID-19, leaving only a pair of National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)-owned sites that require vaccination. […]
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