Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Plant Contractor Pays $18.4 Million To Settle Allegations of Nearly Six Years of Timecard Fraud
The Department of Justice on Tuesday said Consolidated Nuclear Security paid $18.4 million to settle allegations of timecard fraud at the Pantex Plant that date back to the company’s takeover […]
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Nuclear ModernizationReplacement ICBM Fuse Closes In On Milestone That Precedes Mass Production
The Kansas City National Security Campus in March produced a proof-of-concept replacement fuse for an Air Force nuclear weapon, the Sandia National Laboratory said last week. The Missouri site cranked […]
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Nuclear ModernizationTop End of Pit-Plant Acquisition North of $35 Billion, NNSA Administrator Says
It could cost up to $37 billion to acquire the pair of plutonium pit production facilities needed to produce new nuclear weapon cores for the rest of this century, the […]
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UncategorizedSea-Launched Cruise Missile is NNSA Unfunded Priority; Warhead Other Than W80-4 Possible
The National Nuclear Security Administration seeks $70 million for a sea-launched cruise missile warhead for fiscal year 2025 as part of the agency’s list of unfunded priorities, a lawmaker said […]
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Nuclear ModernizationMo. Legislature Plans Tax Breaks For KCNSC Extension
The Missouri House of Representatives was set to vote as soon as this week on bills that would give tax breaks for the planned expansion of the Kansas City Nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationRogers Wants Briefing About Planned Factory With Alleged Chinese Ties Near KCNSC
A U.S. Senator asked Tuesday if a planned manufacturing plant in Kansas poses a threat to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s nearby factory in Missouri for non-nuclear nuclear-weapon components. The […]
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Nuclear Modernization
NNSA Splits Pantex, Y-12 Federal Office
The separation of the Pantex Plant in Texas and the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee took a baby step forward this week with the opening of separate federal field […]
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Nuclear ModernizationMikolanis Officially Aboard As Manager of the NNSA Savannah River Office
The National Nuclear Security Administration on Tuesday officially announced Michael Mikolanis as its new top federal official at the agency’s Savannah River Site field office near Aiken, S.C. Sister publication […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNo Possibility of Settling Enviros’ Suit Against S.C. Pit Plant
Settlement talks collapsed weeks ago between the Department of Energy and environmental groups who sued the agency over its plan to produce nuclear-weapons cores in South Carolina, a Tuesday court […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA, Nuclear Weapons Fully Funded Through Compromise Bill
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) stands to see its roughly $24 billion budget request fulfilled under the compromise funding agreement reached by Congress this week. The bill includes just […]