US nuclear weapons agency hit by layoffs after DOGE exemption denied
The National Nuclear Security Administration dismissed dozens of employees as part of Trump's effort to shrink the federal ...
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Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
Trump’s order invokes former President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, which detractors labeled ... that the ...
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Some federal workers who oversee nuclear weapons laid off, asked to return
Some National Nuclear Security Administration employees have been asked to return to their posts after being laid off by the Trump administration. Scott Roecker, the vice president of the Nuclear ...
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Former US energy secretary Moniz warns on AI nuclear weapons dangers
Ernest Moniz, the former US energy secretary, has told The National of his fears for the impact of AI on the decision making ...
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Nuclear EMP attack: How US, Americans can prepare for ‘very real threat,’ expert says
"This is a very real threat," he said. "EMP is generated when a small nuclear weapon, 40 to 60 kilotons or about three times the size of a Hiroshima bomb, is detonated 200 miles out in space above ...
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Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism: A Review of the Department of Energy's Global Threat Reduction Initiative
Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this important hearing on the Department of Energy’s Global Threat Reduction Initiative to combat nuclear and radiological terrorism.
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US nuclear weapons agency hit by layoffs after DOGE exemption denied
A former top nuclear official, Scott Roecker of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, said many of the NNSA's probationary employees were likely hired specifically for the arsenal modernization effort.
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US nuclear weapons agency hit by layoffs after DOGE exemption denied
Scott Roecker of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, said many of the NNSA's probationary employees were likely hired specifically for the arsenal modernization effort. Roecker, who led nuclear threat ...