Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationDems’ House Victory Paints Target on Nuclear Modernization and Low-Yield Warhead
Having won control of the House of Representatives for the upcoming 116th Congress, Democrats are likely to heighten scrutiny of the nuclear arsenal modernization regime and paint a big target on the […]
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Navy/USMCCaldwell Insists Columbia Construction Will Start in 2021 — But Hard Work Needed to Make Patrol in 2031
The head of the joint Navy-Department of Energy naval reactors program insisted construction on the first Columbia-class ballistic submarine will begin in 2021, but warned that “there will be problems,” […]
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Navy/USMC
Naval Reactors Head to Speak Wednesday at Sub Conference
The head of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s naval reactors program, steward of the heavy-industry programs that provide nuclear propulsion systems for the Navy, is scheduled to speak Wednesday to […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Democrats Could Force Big Nuclear Modernization Debate, If They Take the House
A Democratic House with a Democratic Armed Services Committee chairman who is openly skeptical of the established nuclear modernization program is perhaps the most plausible consequence of the 2018 midterm […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Study of Nuclear, Sea-Launched Cruise Missile To Begin in FY 2020
The Department of Energy and the Pentagon could be studying a new nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missile by this time next year, the Energy Department’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) […]
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Nuclear Modernization
New Contractor to Take Over Main U.S. Nuke Lab Thursday
Triad National Security is set on Thursday to take over management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, ending a decade-long experiment in running the nation’s oldest nuclear […]
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Nuclear Modernization
DoE Already Moving Plutonium Out of S.C. for Weapons Work in New Mexico
The Department of Energy on Monday said it has started moving a metric ton of plutonium out of South Carolina after three federal appeals judges on Friday shot down the […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Lobbyist Who Worked to Keep DoE From Turning Arms-Disposal Facility Into Nuke Weapon Plant Laid Off
Longtime Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility lobbyist Stephen Marlo was laid off on Friday, the veteran government-affairs man told Defense Daily in a telephone interview. Marlo was let go by Aptim, the […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Appeals Court Paves Path to Convert DoE Facility in South Carolina for Weapons Work
A federal appeals court on Tuesday effectively cleared the Department of Energy to cancel construction of a controversial plutonium disposal plant under construction in South Carolina. The decision, which followed […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Wins Hundreds Of Millions In Trident II Mods
Lockheed Martin [LMT] won hundreds of millions in U.S. Navy contract modifications for work on new procurement of Trident II (D5) submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) on Sept. 28. The Navy’s […]