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NNSA, Nuclear Weapons Fully Funded Through Compromise Bill

Thursday, March 7th, 2024

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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) stands to see its roughly $24 billion budget request fulfilled under the compromise funding agreement reached by Congress this week. The bill includes just over $19 billion for NNSA weapons activities and includes a requirement that the agency work with the scientific advisory group JASON to “conduct an assessment of the report entitled, “Research Program Plan for Plutonium and Pit Aging.” The report has already been the subject of scrutiny by the Government Accountability Office.…

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