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Head of nuclear weapons agency unexpectedly resigns
Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, has resigned her position effectively immediately, Defense News has learned.
By Aaron Mehta
Energy Dept. officials are ‘trying to undermine’ nuclear weapons agency, Inhofe alleges
"As chairman of this committee, I won’t stand idly by and allow this to happen. This work is too important," said the Senate Armed Services Committee chair.
By Aaron Mehta
Pentagon to get more control over nuclear weapons funding under Senate proposal
Critics of the plan say it would give the Pentagon too much control over the Energy Department's budget process.
By Aaron Mehta
Cleanup of US nuclear waste takes back seat as virus spreads
Over the course of 20-plus years, tons of waste have been stashed deep in the salt caverns that make up the southern New Mexico site.
The White House gave this nuclear agency a giant funding increase. Can it spend it all?
Over the next five years, the NNSA and the DoD project to spend $163 billion on modernization and upkeep of America's nuclear forces.
By Aaron Mehta