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Nuclear Modernization

Spending Deferrals on Civilian Nuclear Weapons Programs Headed Home to Roost, GAO Says

Wednesday, June 9th, 2021

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Spending Deferrals on Civilian Nuclear Weapons Programs Headed Home to Roost, GAO Says

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“The bow wave has arrived” for the civilian nuclear-weapons budget, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) warned Wednesday in a report that, amid recommendations for streamlining budget and project organization, made room for a we-told-you-so about the effects of deferring upgrades for nuclear weapons and their production infrastructure. The Department of Energy’s “appropriation for fiscal year 2021 includes a 23 percent increase over the prior fiscal year for NNSA’s [National Nuclear Security Administration] modernization activities,” the GAO said. “We found in…

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