Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE to Hone Procurement Approach for Warhead-Core Factory by Next Year
The Department of Energy will hone its acquisition approach for the plutonium-pit plant to be at the Savannah River Site around September 2020, a long-time agency contractor said on Wednesday. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFirst W76-2 Finished at Pantex in January, NNSA Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in January completed its first low-yield, submarine-launched, ballistic-missile warhead, which now awaits a final design review in Texas before the agency can ship it […]
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Nuclear ModernizationPentagon ‘Satisfied’ With NNSA Pit Plan, But Warns Civilian Agency is ‘Out of Margin’
The Defense Department remains satisfied with the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) strategy to produce plutonium pits at two facilities, but time is short to get started, a senior Pentagon […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHouse Dems Bring Back Bill to Ban Low-Yield Nuke Warhead
House Democrats on Thursday introduced a bill to ban the low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic-missile warhead the National Nuclear Security Administration recently acknowledged it has begun producing. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) leads […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Stealth Shipped Half Ton Plutonium to Nevada Last Year
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) “before November 2018” moved roughly half a ton of weapon-usable plutonium to the Nevada National Security Site from the Savannah River Site, in Aiken, […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDOE Has Started Building Low-Yield Sub Warhead
The Department of Energy said Friday it has started building the first low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead ordered by the Donald Trump administration last year. “The Pantex Plant has initiated […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Boss Says Low-Yield Submarine Warhead ‘On Track’
The upper echelons of the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons apparatus shed no light Wednesday on exactly when they will begin producing the low-yield W76-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead — […]
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Nuclear Modernization
New Report On Rising Nuke Costs Sets Table For Deterrent Spending Debate
More nuclear weapons programs will roll into production phases in the 10 years ending 2028, increasing the total annual cost of these efforts by some $10 billion to about $50 […]
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Nuclear ModernizationEnergy Dept. Finishes Refurb of Sub-launched Nuclear Warhead
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) late last year finished refurbishing the final submarine-launched W76 ballistic missile warheads for another 30 years of service, the agency confirmed. The NNSA finished […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUC Official Tapped to Head Nuke Weapons Programs at Livermore Lab
A senior official at the University of California has been picked to lead nuclear weapons programs at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory effective Feb. 4, the Department of Energy facility […]