Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationPentagon Appoints Ex-NNSA Administrator Gordon-Hagerty to Advisory Board
The Pentagon appointed Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, until recently the administrator of the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), to the Defense Policy Board Wednesday, potentially giving DoE’s former nuclear-weapons […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLittle Chance of Deviating From Obama, Trump Nuclear Posture Reviews, HASC Chair Says
Even in a government where Democrats will control the White House and at least one chamber of Congress, political consensus appears to favor continuing the nuclear modernization program the Obama […]
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CongressCompromise NDAA Also a Compromise on DoE, Pentagon Control Over Civilian Nuke Budget
A version of the fiery interagency and inter-branch tug of war that produced this year’s controversial civilian nuclear weapons budget would be essentially legalized, if a compromise 2021 defense authorization […]
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Nuclear ModernizationRussia Still Willing to Deal With Trump Administration on New START, Ambassador Says
Russia would still do a deal with the Trump Administration to extend the New START nuclear arms-control treaty, but a five-year extension would be best, because negotiating a follow-on treaty […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Recent and Impending DoE Leadership Churn Highlight Need to Fix NNSA Chief’s Term, Nat’l Academies Panel Says
The personnel churn in the Trump administration’s nuclear-weapons enterprise and Joe Biden’s election as President of the United States highlight the urgency of giving the administrator of the National Nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAnother Democrat Lawmaker Pushes for Biden Nuclear Posture Overhaul
On Tuesday, another Democratic lawmaker called for President-elect Joe Biden to publish what would be the third U.S. nuclear posture review in as many administrations — a potential step toward […]
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COVID-19New COVID Cases at DOE Nuke Agency Again Top 250 in a Week, With Another Fatality
There were 270 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases, including another fatal case, among National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) contractor employees and civil servants as of the end of the Thanksgiving holiday […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUranium Purification Pact With BWXT Subsidiary Won’t Cost Y-12 Jobs, Nuke Agency Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Monday moved to reassure the city of Oak Ridge that moving some uranium purification outside the fence at the Y-12 National Security Complex […]
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Nuclear ModernizationF-35A Nails Supersonic Test Drop With Mock B61-12, DoE Says
An F-35A traveling at supersonic speeds successfully dropped a mock B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb from an internal compartment over the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada, the National Nuclear Security Administration […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Two Senior, Career Feds Retire From DoE Nuke Agency
Geoffrey Beausoleil will retire in April as the local federal official for the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) production office, which oversees the Y-12 National Security Complex […]