
The compromise National Defense Authorization Act will not “restrict” the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) ability to begin building a two-state plutonium-pit production complex in 2020, a key lawmaker said this weekend. “The bill that came out of the house for the NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act] attempted to restrict the modernization and the pit production,” Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), the chair of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, said during a panel discussion Saturday at the annual Reagan…