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Scientists charged with ensuring the aging U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go — if needed — say they'll start shipping key components to Nevada's desert next year to prepare for underground testing they call “tickling the dragon's tail.” Experts at national defense laboratories haven't been able to physically validate the effectiveness and reliability of nuclear warheads since a 1992 underground test ban. As early as 2027, the $1.8 ...

62 Within a flat overall budget for the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Biden administration proposes to ramp up funding for plutonium production while paring back certain stockpile R&D activities, such as inertial confinement fusion. The Biden administration is proposing to hold the budget of the National Nuclear Security Administration steady at $19.7 billion for fiscal year 2022, following a string of increases that began during the Obama administration and accelerated under Pr...