https://policymaker.net/tags/nuclear-weapons/ Recent content in nuclear weapons on Policymaker.net Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://policymaker.net/lawmakers-push-back-on-plutonium-pit-production-question-scope-cost-and-strategy/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://policymaker.net/lawmakers-push-back-on-plutonium-pit-production-question-scope-cost-and-strategy/ A new letter from John Garamendi and Elizabeth Warren lands squarely in the middle of a long-running, uneasy debate over the future of the United States’ nuclear weapons infrastructure. Writing to Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright, the two lawmakers are urging a serious reassessment of the plutonium pit production program, with a specific call to pause work at the Savannah River Site until clear guardrails are in place to prevent further waste of taxpayer money.