Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Cutting Weapons Complex Won’t Curb Modernization Costs, CBO Official Says

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WASHINGTON — The author of a congressional report that pondered ways to trim billions of dollars in U.S. nuclear-weapon spending over the next 30 years speculated recently that targeting the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons complex would not yield considerable…

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Regents Approve UT Bid to Run LANL — Barely

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AECOM Does Not Plan to Pursue Next LANL Management Contract, Source Says

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Wallace to Replace McMillan as LANL Director on New Year’s Day

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No Budget Clarity for DOE Nuke Programs as Congress Contemplates New CR

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There Has Never Been a New NNSA Head This Early In a New Administration

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MSTS Officially On the Job at Nevada Nat’l Security Site

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Low Bid, Past Performance Put Contractor Over the Top in Sandia Competition, NNSA Doc Shows

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Nuclear Safety Board to Brew Recommendation for DOE Behind Closed Doors

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BWXT Promotes Carter to Senior VP for Government, Communications

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Judge Deciding If Federal Claims Court Can Rule in $100M MOX Suit

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Northrop Grumman Deal For Orbital ATK On Track After Shareholder Vote

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UPF, Sandia Centrifuge Among IG’s List of DOE Management Challenges in 2018

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NNSA Reveals Another B61-12 Hardware Flight Test

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New Labor Contract Kicks In at Kansas City NNSA Plant

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California Working With NNSA on Dirty Bomb Protection

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Top HASC Democrat Urges More Foreign Partnerships To Ease Demand On U.S. Military

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