
Members of Congress and the heads of several National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) sites said Wednesday that the agency will be unable to significantly reduce the $3.7 billion backlog of deferred maintenance at the current pace and funding level of infrastructure work.Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said during a House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee hearing that during his visits to NNSA facilities, he witnessed tarps covering diagnostic equipment worth tens of millions of dollars to protect against leaking roofs, concrete…