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Nuclear weapon programs receive modest budget boost in House Armed Services defense bill

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A House committee’s first draft of an annual defense policy bill would increase funding for plutonium pit production, a controversial sea-launched cruise missile warhead and other nuclear weapons modernization programs. 
While House Armed Services subcommittees,…

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A stainless steel glovebox used to handle sensitive materials in a controlled, inert-atmosphere laboratory.
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Lots of gloveboxes being built at Savannah River

The Savannah River Plutonium Production Facility (SRPPF) in South Carolina will have 305 gloveboxes, the president of the operations contractor for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS) told a state nuclear panel Friday. “The main process building… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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