The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has facilities to process lithium—a key material in nuclear weapons. However, these facilities have deteriorated and NNSA has proposed a new facility to meet the demand for lithium. Keep Reading
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) maintains the nuclear stockpile. To analyze the performance, safety, and reliability of nuclear weapons, it acquires high-performance computing (HPC) systems for simulations. The latest system, El Capitan, is expected to be complete in 2024. Keep Reading
Hruby is a mechanical engineer who joined Sandia National Laboratories as a member of the technical staff in 1983 and retired as the Laboratories Director in 2017 after a distinguished 34-year career. She was the first woman to lead a national security lab. Keep Reading
The U.S. released a new national strategy to address the concerns expressed by domestic uranium industry and support new uranium production. However, the strategy could be improved—for instance, by identifying the resources needed to carry it out. Keep Reading
NNSA has prepared cost estimates for the two uranium enrichment technology options that it considers to be most feasible, but GAO found these estimates are limited in scope and do not reflect best practices. Keep Reading