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Hill Tiptoes Forward On Possible Warhead Modernization Effort

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Thursday, October 8th, 2009

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By George Lobsenz In a strikingly supportive spending plan for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in fiscal year 2010, congressional appropriators have provided funding for the semi-autonomous Energy Department weapons agency to conduct studies on non-nuclear modifications to the B61 nuclear warhead, and the lawmakers also delivered far more money than sought by the Obama administration for design and development of controversial new uranium and plutonium facilities. While congressional Democrats and the Obama administration firmly rejected the Bush administration's…

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