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Why is the only lab that can make new cores for America's nukes privately owned? Honestly this is utter madness. Surely one of the most critical core componen
by drawingthesun 4y ago
Why is the only lab that can make new cores for America's nukes privately owned?
Honestly this is utter madness.
Surely one of the most critical core components of America's entire nuclear deterrent should be government owned and run?
What am I missing?
- buescher 4y ago"Privately-run" is not "privately-owned", and it might be a bit misleading. The DOE hires government contractors to run its laboratories.
- Tangurena2 4y agoAll (but one) of the national engineering labs are joint ventures. Owned by DoE, operated/managed by some university. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Energy_national_laboratories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_En... I used to work at NREL.