Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationU.K. Nationalizing Operations of its Nuclear Weapons Complex
The United Kingdom is nationalizing operations of its Atomic Weapons Establishment after letting contractors run it for nearly three decades, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense said Monday. The Atomic Weapons […]
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CongressHASC Chair ‘Confident’ Biden Administration Will Consider Minimum-Deterrent Nuclear Arsenal
If Joe Biden wins the White House in the Nov. 3 election, his administration will consider backing off the U.S. nuclear buildup set in place by the Obama administration in […]
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Nuclear ModernizationRussia Drops More Arms Control Proposals; NSA O’Brien Scheduled for Nat Sec Talk Wednesday
Amid the public whipsaw of New START nuclear-arms negotiations between Washington and Moscow, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, offered to limit deployment of land-based intermediate range missiles near the European […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNational Academies Panel Recommends Fixed Term for NNSA Administration, Removal of Senate Confirmation for Other Nuke Officials
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) leader should get a fixed term, senior agency managers should be exempted from Senate approval and the stockpile’s steward should strive for a closer […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSTRATCOM Warns Against Triad Trimming, State Pushes Verifiable Warhead Freeze
On Wednesday, top U.S. officials in Washington warned against cutting the U.S. nuclear arsenal or agreeing to extend a nuclear arms control treaty with Russia without assurances that Moscow’s promised […]
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Nuclear ModernizationRussia Appears to Offer One-Year New START Extension for Warhead Freeze — and No Other Conditions
The Russian Federation on Tuesday appeared to offer a one-year extension of the New START nuclear arms-limitation treaty with the U.S., as long as a politically binding, bilateral warhead freeze […]
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Nuclear ModernizationPlanned South Carolina Nuke Core Plant Seeking ‘Stable Funding Source’
With late-stage design activities underfunded for most of the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, the Department of Energy is passing around the hat for a planned pit-production plant to […]
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Nuclear Modernization‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ on New START Appears to Fall Apart; Russia Seeks 1-Year Extension, No Strings
The Kremlin is open to a one-year extension of the New START nuclear arms control treaty, but not on the terms the White House has proposed, according to a widely […]
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Nuclear ModernizationComplicated Restart of Niobium Alloy Production at DoE Could Delay Nuclear Weapons Deliveries, GAO Says
Future nuclear weapons programs will be delayed if the Department of Energy is not able to produce depleted-uranium-niobium alloy ingots in Oak Ridge, Tenn., in the next three years, according […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBillingslea Issues Clarion Call to Arms Control Community as ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ on New START Appears to Fall Apart
The Trump administration’s lead nuclear negotiator on Tuesday called on the arms control community to publicly back the White House’s drive to condition an indeterminate extension of the New START […]