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More money won’t buy more pits, NNSA administrator, Nuclear Weapons Council chair tell senators
The National Nuclear Security Administration won’t be able to make 80 pits annually by 2030 even if Congress throws more money at the problem this year, the agency’s top official and the Pentagon’s acquisition chief both told Senators Wednesday in a hearing “The nuclear weapons council stands by the assessment that was provided, that I signed on April 22 of the adequacy of the [NNSA] budget, as well as that no additional money will get the pits to 80 per year,” William LaPlante, under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee. LaPlante chairs the Nuclear Weapons Council, the…		 Upcoming Events

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Cali gov reconsidering Diablo Canyon shutdown
In what could be a reversal of fortune for Diablo Canyon Power Plant, the governor of California is weighing whether to bid on a federal bailout for the Golden State’s last operating nuclear power facility, he said last week. State…
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DOE request would ‘kick the can down the road’ on Hanford Building 324, Murray says
During a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing Wednesday with Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) pronounced herself “really disappointed with this year’s request” by the Department of Energy for cleanup of the Hanford Site in her home state.…
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Huff confirmed as NE-1 with big bipartisan margin in Senate
Kathryn Huff, the White House’s pick for assistant secretary of energy for nuclear energy, cleared the full Senate this week, clinching her spot as head of the Department of Energy’s nuclear energy office. The Senate voted 80-11 Thursday to confirm…
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Unvaccinated can return to Los Alamos National Lab as 'normal operations' resume
Employees placed on unpaid leave after receiving religious exemptions to Los Alamos National Laboratory’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate were cleared to return to work this week after the lab declared a return to normal operations, an internal memo shows. “As of…
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