Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

CNS Scrambles to Deal With Funding ‘Imbalance’ at Y-12, Pantex

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Consolidated Nuclear Security, the managing contractor at the Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons plant, is scrambling to get its funding accounts back in order after a series of events created what has been described as an “imbalance.”
Even though CNS is reportedly…

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