NBC Weapons: May 7, 2001

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The Department of Energy will need an extra $5 billion over the next ten years to maintain, upgrade, and replace the aging nuclear weapons production infrastructure, according to General John Gordon, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Without this funding, Gordon insists, a major nuclear accident is increasingly likely.--Stephen V Cole

 

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