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Mass production of refurbished nuclear weapons could begin soon, NNSA says
The National Nuclear Security Administration still awaits the all-clear from the Pentagon to begin mass refurbishment of its arsenal of B61 gravity bombs and W88 submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead, an agency spokesperson said Wednesday. The agency finished proof-of-concept versions of the refurbished weapons last year and had planned to begin mass production of the refurbed units between May and June, according to the agency’s 2023 budget request from March and congressional testimony in May from National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) administrator Jill Hruby. As of Wednesday, the NNSA was still awaiting the all-clear from the Pentagon to begin mass production of the refurbished weapons. “We are currently awaiting the pending…		 Upcoming Events

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During a federal appeals court hearing Tuesday on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for most federal employees, the Department of Justice attorney said a federal district judge was wrong to shut down the policy spawned by a September 2021 executive order just…
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N3B starts digging up corrugated pipe at Los Alamos
Cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B) last week began excavating corrugated metal pipes containing radioactive waste buried at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. Retrieval of the corrugated metal pipes began Sept.…
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Palisades restart uncertain as DOE weighs bailout bids
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Nuclear programs especially susceptible to supply chain crunch, STRATCOM nominee says
Ongoing problems moving goods from one place to another has affected schedules across the Department of Defense and nuclear-weapon programs have been hit especially hard, the nominee to lead U.S. nuclear forces told Senators Thursday. Even in the face of…
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