by Scott Yundt | Mar 22, 2024 | Blog, New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons
The Administration’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been released and it tops $2.5 billion for the first time. The Lab’s overall budget is up 5% over the FY24 Annualized Continuing Resolution (a measure of...
by Scott Yundt and Marylia Kelley | Mar 20, 2024 | Blog, New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons
Last week President Biden sent his Fiscal Year 2025 budget request to Congress. While this general fact made the news; many media outlets failed to highlight that the U.S. military defense budget for the coming fiscal year is approaching a trillion dollars. The...
by Scott Yundt | Mar 7, 2024 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons
On March 10, we will learn whether Oppenheimer, the most-nominated film of the year, sets records at the Academy Awards. The film was a summer blockbuster that powerfully told the story of the race to develop the world’s first nuclear weapon during World War II. Many...
by Scott Yundt | Mar 1, 2024 | Blog, New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons
The just released National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) reports evaluating contractor performance reveal serious scheduling delays on Livermore Lab’s nuclear warhead programs that will likely lead to cost overruns, detail the plutonium pit production support...
by Scott Yundt | Jan 26, 2024 | Blog, New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons
Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s Superblock is home to its Plutonium Facility, which is a couple of hundred yards from the fence line and is visible from nearby homes. Recently the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), an independent federal agency with...
by Marylia Kelley | Jan 9, 2024 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons, Past Event
January 22, 2024 marks the third anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Sixty-nine countries have ratified the Treaty so far, with additional countries undertaking that process this year. The TPNW currently has...
