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Nuclear Modernization

CD-2 For Savannah River Pits Expected in Fiscal 2025

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022

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CD-2 For Savannah River Pits Expected in Fiscal 2025

Critical-decision 2 for a new plutonium pit production plant at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina is now expected in fiscal 2025, a state panel heard last week from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Jason Armstrong, manager of the NNSA field office at Savannah River, told the Governor’s Nuclear Advisory Committee that critical-decision 2 on the Savannah River Site Plutonium Processing Facility should come in the middle of fiscal 2025. That translates to around April…

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

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Congress

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Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

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