Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear Modernization
Los Alamos Lab Contractor Cited For Series of Plutonium Facility Safety Violations In 2021
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) management has been put on notice after a series of safety violations two years ago sent red flags all the way up to National Nuclear […]
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Congress
DoE Defense-Nuclear Programs Would Dodge Big Cuts In Deficit Deal
The House on Wednesday evening easily passed legislation that would cut much non-defense federal spending over the next two years in exchange for extending U.S. money-borrowing authority. For fiscal year […]
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Congress
U.S. Senators Form Caucus Dedicated To Advocating for DoE Labs
Senators from four states have joined forces to form a caucus dedicated to advocating for U.S. national laboratories, including those overseen by the National Nuclear Security Administration. Senators Ben Ray […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Livermore Lab, SambaNova Boost Computing Capacity to Better Study Nuclear-Weapon Physics
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory added SambaNova Systems’ spatial data flow accelerator to the lab’s Livermore Computing Center as part of an effort to see if artificial intelligence can aid the […]
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Nuclear Modernization
In Hiroshima, G7 Leaders Denounce Russian Nuclear Rhetoric, Reaffirm Goal of Nuclear-Weapon-Free World
Meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, the site of the first of the only two nuclear weapons deployed in wartime, leaders of the Group of Seven nations reaffirmed a commitment to rid […]
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Nuclear Modernization
U.S. Publishes Nuclear Weapons Numbers as Russia Ignores Treaty Obligations
The U.S. State Department released aggregate numbers of strategic offensive nuclear weapons on Monday, its obligation under the New START treaty, despite Russia’s refusal to participate further in the bilateral […]
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Nuclear Modernization
NNSA Breaks Ground On New Nevada Site Emergency Operations Center
Ground was broken last week on a new 13,000-square-foot operational command center at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Nevada National Security Site to consolidate emergency services into a single […]
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Business/Financial
BWXT Earnings Rise Behind Hanford Tanks, Other Government Deals
Earnings rose at BWX Technologies [BWXT] in the first quarter, which the nuclear services and manufacturing company attributed largely to its government operations. Net earnings for the first quarter ended […]
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Business/Financial
Jacobs To Spin Off Government Services Biz In Late 2024
Jacobs [J] said Tuesday it will spin off its Critical Mission Solutions business late next year. The segment includes the brain trust that coordinates Jacobs’ efforts to win big management […]
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Nuclear Modernization
NNSA Scrutinizing Problem Components Behind W80-4 Warhead Delay
Problems with components are mostly responsible for the two-year delay to the warhead for the next nuclear-tipped air-launched cruise missile, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) told […]
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