Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), said the agency intends to “press forward” with producing plutonium cores that serve as key elements of U.S. nuclear weapons, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
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The Government Accountability Office has found that while the National Nuclear Security Administration improved its management of weapons stockpile modernization efforts since 2003, it is yet to address challenges in cost and schedule management.
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Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work and Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall have visited the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California to take a classified tour of its key facilities, DoD News reported Thursday. Terri Moon Cronk writes that the visit highlighted the laboratory’s work to support the U.S. nuclear program. “[Livermore …
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Frank Klotz, director of the National Nuclear Security Administration, has said that the agency aims to further its work on the management of the U.S. nuclear arsenal and nuclear deterrence efforts. Jim Garamone of DoD News reported Oct. 30 that he highlighted how conflicts in the Balkans and Middle East, as well as terrorism, …
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China, India and Pakistan increased their stock of nuclear weapons in 2012, Bloomberg reported Monday citing a new study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. In Robert Wall’s report, the Swedish think tank said China added about 10 warheads to its nuclear weapons arsenal that now totals an estimated …
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