Nuclear Weapons
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CongressJoint Chiefs Chair Nominee Will Look For Gaps in U.S. Nuke Arsenal, Upgrade NNSA Stockpile Stewardship
If confirmed as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. C. Q. Brown vows support for nuclear weapons modernization efforts underway at the U.S. National […]
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CongressRecord 1500 NDAA Amendments Include Deadline Extension for Plutonium Pit Production
Some of the 1,502 amendments filed in the House for an annual defense policy bill deal directly with the U.S. nuclear weapons enterprise, including a call to allow the National […]
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InternationalNNSA Leaders Meet at ‘Frontline’ of Nuclear Smuggling
National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator (NNSA) Jill Hruby and nonproliferation lead Corey Hinderstein visited Georgia in June, a nation the agency says is on the frontlines of nuclear-materials smuggling. The […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHoneywell Sells Its Stake in Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Honeywell [HON] has sold its stake in the Fluor [FLR]-led joint venture that runs the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina, the company said last week. The […]
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UncategorizedDoE Nuke Agency Plans Two Subcritical Explosive Tests at Nevada in Fiscal 2024
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plans to perform two subcritical explosive experiments at the Nevada National Security Site in the fiscal year that ends Oct. 1, 2024, according to […]
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Nuclear ModernizationThirty Pits a Year by 2030 or Sooner; First Pit in 2024, Los Alamos Weapons Chief Says
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – By December 2024, the Los Alamos National Laboratory will produce a proof-of-concept pit for a new intercontinental ballistic missile warhead, a senior lab official said here […]
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Congress
House Committee Nixes plan to Repeal Binding Pit-Production Targets; Authorizes $24B for Nukes at DoE
Early Thursday, a House committee approved a bill to cap National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) spending in 2024 at about $23.8 billion and blocked a plan to repeal legal deadlines […]
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CongressNuclear Weapon Programs Receive Modest Budget Boost in House Armed Services Defense Bill
A House committee’s first draft of an annual defense policy bill would increase funding for plutonium pit production, a controversial sea-launched cruise missile warhead and other nuclear weapons modernization programs. […]
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CongressHouse Strategic Forces Markup Could Again Halt Potential W76 Retirement, Limit Hruby’s Travel Until Reports Are In
Members of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee are proposing to withhold funding for retirement of the W76-2 warhead unless the military and National Nuclear Security Administration can prove […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Labs Complete Second Temperature Test of W80-4 Cruise-Missile Warhead
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories have successfully performed a second joint abnormal thermal environment test for the W80-4 Life Extension Program, the labs recently announced. Carried out […]
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