
The White House has officially proposed $1 billion in additional funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in fiscal 2018, almost all of it for the agency’s weapons activities account.The Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday released President Donald Trump’s spending request for the budget year beginning Oct. 1, which would grant the Energy Department $28 billion – down from the $31 billion it currently receives under the fiscal 2017 omnibus spending bill signed into law earlier this month.…