NNSA completes B61-12 Life Extension Program - Department of …
4 days ago · WASHINGTON – On December 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) completed the Last Production Unit (LPU) of the B61-12 Life Extension Program (LEP). The B61-12 is the latest modification to the B61 family of gravity bombs, which are deployed from U.S. Air Force and North Atlantic Treaty Organization bases.
U.S. Completes Upgrade of B61-12 Nuclear Weapons and …
1 day ago · The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has just announced, seventeen years after starting the design process, that production of the most recent American tactical nuclear weapon ...
U.S. completes nuclear gravity bomb upgrade - Washington Times
1 day ago · The warplane-dropped nuclear gravity bomb known as the B61 has been fully modernized with a new precision guidance system, the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration, or NNSA ...
US completes $9B B61-12 nuclear warhead upgrade
4 days ago · WASHINGTON — Seventeen years after it began design and development, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has completed work on the B61-12 nuclear warhead, the agency announced today.
NNSA News - Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration and Japan’s Kyoto University have converted the Kyoto University Critical Assembly “Core C” from highly enriched uranium to high-assay low enriched uranium fuel.
DOD Adjusts Nuclear Deterrence Strategy as Nuclear Peer …
Nov 21, 2024 · DOD, in partnership with the National Nuclear Security Administration, has already taken steps to field capabilities to enhance nuclear deterrence and flexibility and to reduce risk to the...
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US nuclear weapon production sites violated environmental rules ...
Oct 4, 2024 · A U.S. Judge has ruled that the National Nuclear Security Administration failed to properly evaluate its expansion of plutonium pit production at two sites in New Mexico and South Carolina in violation of environmental regulations.
NNSA successfully executes subcritical experiment at NNSS’ PULSE ...
Jul 17, 2024 · In May, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) successfully executed a subcritical experiment at Nevada National Security Sites’ (NNSS) Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experimentation (PULSE, formerly known as the U1a Complex) facility.
NNSA Release: Senior NNSA leaders highlight enterprise …
Feb 5, 2024 · WASHINGTON – Jill Hruby, Administrator of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, delivered a keynote speech at the Nuclear Deterrence Summit on Feb. 1.
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