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In March 2023, NNSA’s Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs approved the W80-4 Life Extension Program (LEP) to transition into Phase 6.4, Production Engineering.
NNSA selected eight universities to receive cooperative agreements totaling $100 million to establish nine Stewardship Science Academic Alliances (SSAA) Centers of Excellence to support research activities in areas of physical sciences and engineering.
NNSA delivered the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan for Fiscal Year 2023. This report describes NNSA’s plans to implement the Biden Administration’s 2022 Nuclear Posture Review.
NNSA published a Notice of Intent (NOI) today to prepare a new Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico (SWEIS).

DOE-NNSA will conduct low-altitude helicopter flights over downtown Boston and the Boston Marathon race route Friday, April 14, through Monday, April 17, in preparation for the 127th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17.
NNSA awards $40.8 million to nine new STEM consortia across the nation.
NNSA has awarded a $428,050,945 Phase II contract to Nuclear Fuel Services.
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has established the Advisory Committee for Nuclear Security (ACNS).

Jill Hruby, the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the U.S. Department of Energy and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, visited Westinghouse Sweden in Västerås, Sweden, on March 17.
NNSA reached a major nonproliferation milestone this week as it helped Belgium’s National Institute of Radioelements convert their medical isotope production facility to use irradiated low-enriched uranium.