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Two-year delay for first W80-4 warhead, but NNSA says will still deliver on-time to Air Force
The National Nuclear Security Administration now expects to produce the proof-of-concept article for the refurbished W80 nuclear cruise-missile warhead by the end of fiscal year 2027, roughly two years later than planned. The semiautonomous Department of Energy nuclear weapons agency will turn out the W80-4 first production unit by Sept. 30, 2027 instead of some time in fiscal year 2025, which ends Sept. 30, 2025, an agency spokesperson in Washington told the Exchange Monitor Wednesday. The Nuclear Weapons Council, the joint DOE-Pentagon body that coordinates procurement of nuclear weapons, delivery vehicles and carrier craft, approved the new date in June, around three years after the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) own independent…		 Upcoming Events

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PG&E considering extending Diablo Canyon despite expected difficulties, CEO says
Keeping California’s last operating nuclear power plant running past its planned shutdown date would be a tall order for the utility company in charge of the facility, its CEO told investors during a conference call last week. Amid pressure from…
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Second WIPP bid protest filed with GAO after Bechtel award
A venture called Carlsbad Operations Alliance LLC has filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office challenging the Department of Energy’s selection of a Bechtel-led entity to serve as the next prime contractor for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant…
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Texas, NRC spar over ‘major questions’ legal argument in interim storage suit
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the state of Texas traded blows this week about whether a recent Supreme Court decision moves the needle in the Lone Star State’s ongoing lawsuit against a proposed, privately owned interim storage facility for spent…
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TVA ballparks $600M bill for parts replacements in tritium-producing Watts Bar 2 reactor
The final tab for getting the Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear generator back in shape to produce power for homes and businesses and irradiate tritium for U.S. nuclear weapons will be about $600 million, the Tennessee Valley Authority said Monday…
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