Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationNo Nuclear Spending Proposal in White House Skinny Budget; Posture Review Ongoing
The Biden administration said Friday its 2022 federal budget will support ongoing nuclear modernization programs, including infrastructure at the National Nuclear Security Administration, while the White House continues its nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationArms Control, Modernization Consensus Gone, Modernization Architect Says
Last decade’s bipartisan consensus, that arms-control diplomacy and the refurbishment of the nuclear arsenal should walk hand-in-hand, does not exist anymore, according to a former Republican Senator who helped forge […]
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Nuclear ModernizationTester Says He Will Keep GBSD ‘On Track;’ Ex-Obama Official Says GBSD ‘Vulnerable’
In an online forum Tuesday, Sen. John Tester (D-Mont.) vowed to use his appropriations gavel to keep the Air Force’s next-generation nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile “on track,” while a former […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCommunications Fog Led to KCNSC Accepting Faulty Weapon Parts, DoE IG Says
A sort of communications breakdown between the Sandia National Laboratory and the Kansas City National Security Campus led to the Missouri manufacturing facility accepting 20 faulty flex cables that were […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBiden Admin Looks at Ex-Sandia Director for Top NNSA Post
A former director of the Sandia National Laboratories has floated toward the top of the Joe Biden administration’s list of candidates to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and […]
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CongressSenate Confirms Turk to be DoE DepSec, 98-2
The Senate confirmed David Turk to be deputy secretary of energy on Tuesday, voting 98-2 to install the former Obama official and Biden staffer as the Department of Energy’s No. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCyber, Nukes, OCO are Big Boogeymen in Defense Budget, HAC-D Chair Says
Nuclear weapons are one of a trilogy of high-spend programs likely to affect defense spending decisions for years, the chair of a House Appropriations panel said Tuesday in an online […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCut Other Programs for Nukes, Not Nukes for Other Programs, ICBM-State Senator Says
Non-nuclear weapons programs should be prepared to pay the bills for the nuclear programs, if it comes to that, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), one of the biggest nuclear weapons stakeholders […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUK Makes Higher Warhead Cap Official: 260 For Trident Fleet
The United Kingdom officially announced Tuesday that it will raise the cap on its nuclear arsenal to 260 submarine-launched ballistic-missile warheads from the previous target of 180 warheads. “In 2010 […]
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Business/FinancialBittner is New General Manager for BWXT Lynchburg
Jim Bittner is taking over as vice president and general manager for BWX Technologies’ [BWXT] Nuclear Operations Groups’ Lynchburg, Va., manufacturing facility, which manufactures reactors for naval aircraft carriers and […]