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NNSA No. 2 Nom Questioned on Workforce Needs

Sarah Salem

Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

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In testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday, Vice Adm. Scott Pappano, President Trump’s pick for principal deputy administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), said "recruitment and retention" are the agency's biggest challenges. “What you’re going to be tasked with, you and others, is going to require a huge infrastructure investment,” SASC Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said during Pappano's confirmation hearing. “Am I correct, you’re going to need more workforce, by a great deal, to get this…

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