By George Lobsenz With a big nudge from the White House, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is looking at moving operations from its Y-12 uranium processing site in Tennessee to another site as part of its effort to reduce the size of the Energy Department's nuclear weapons complex, the head of the semi-autonomous DoE weapons agency told Congress last week. The disclosure April 16 by NNSA Administrator Thomas D'Agostino came in response to comments by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.),…
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