US pushes ahead with nuclear plans despite watchdog concerns

It's about time we got back into nuclear > The Biden administration appears to be picking up where former President Donald Trump left off as the federal agency that oversees U.S. nuclear research and bomb-making has approved the first design phase for a multibillion-dollar project to manufacture key components for the nation’s nuclear arsenal. Oh. Missiles, not energy. Well okay, but gibs powerplants too. > Democratic members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation have supported production at Los Alamos because of the billions of dollars in federal funding and thousands of jobs that are at stake. Government is not a jobs program. While there are plenty of good reasons to make sure the nuclear stockpile is healthy, "thousands of jobs" is not one of them.