Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationUranium Modernization Costs at $7.4 Billion Through 2026; Little Progress on New Refining Tech, GAO Says
On top of the $6.5 billion required to build the Uranium Processing Facility in 2026, the National Nuclear Security Administration will have to spend nearly $1 billion by that year […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Weapons Agency Says One Site Could Handle All Warhead Core Work, ‘If Needed’
Confirming what appeared intuitively obvious, the Department of Energy said Tuesday that Los Alamos National Laboratory will have to manufacture 80 nuclear weapon cores year by itself in 2030, if […]
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BudgetFirst GBSD Missiles Might Go Into the Ground With Old Minuteman III Warheads
When the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) arrives to replace the Minuteman III silo-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Minuteman III’s old nuclear warheads might go right back into the ground […]
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BudgetNNSA, DoE Selling Softer Take on Budget Drama That Could Cost the Navy a Submarine
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is selling its own version of intra-DoE skirmish that ended in January with President Trump approving a much larger raise for the civilian nuclear-weapons […]
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BudgetProposed Reshuffling of Nuclear Modernization Funds Won’t Hurt USAF, Service Chief Says
The Air Force will not be affected in fiscal year 2021 if Congress approves the White House’s plan to short the Pentagon budget by $2.5 billion to increase the National […]
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BudgetW93 Notionally Based on Previously Deployed Nuclear-Explosive Components, NNSA Boss Says
The W93 warhead will notionally be based on previously deployed nuclear-explosive components, the head of the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said here Tuesday. The W93, a […]
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Navy/USMCPODCAST: Modernizing ‘The Most Survivable Leg’ of the Nuclear Triad
In December, the Navy awarded General Dynamics a contract for the first Columbia-class strategic submarine, which will replace the aging Ohio-class subs in their critical nuclear deterrence mission. All in […]
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Congress
Thornberry: Nuclear Stockpile Recap to Be ‘Most Contentious’ Issue in FY ’21 NDAA
Nuclear modernization is frequently high on the list of difficult matters to resolve in defense budget debates, but the House Armed Services Committee’s top Republican expects efforts to rebuild the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSome W87 Warheads Will Go on GBSD Without Getting New Pits First
The Department of Energy and the Pentagon plan deploy W87-0 warheads, without new plutonium pit cores, on some Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) missiles, potentially buying the civilian agency more […]
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BudgetArmed Services Chair Says DoE Has Cash Pile, Questions Planned Raid on Pentagon Progs for Nuke Mods
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday began to ink the contours of the 2021 nuclear-weapons budget fight to come, when the committee chair wondered in a hearing why the […]