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  • Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 15 12:34:42 2025
    Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department

    The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy
    specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs
    were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.

    The employees, responsible for designing and maintaining the nation's
    cache of nuclear weapons at the National Nuclear Safety
    Administration, were part of a larger wave of workers dismissed from
    the Energy Department, drawing alarm from national security experts.
    Between 300 and 400 NNSA workers were terminated, according to a
    person familiar with the matter

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-14/dismissed-nuclear-bomb-specialists-recalled-by-energy-department

    What, AI can't replace them?

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 17 12:40:55 2025
    Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers
    in DOGE reversal

    The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation's nuclear weapons programs, in an about-face that has left workers confused and experts cautioning that DOGE's blind cost cutting will put communities at
    risk.

    Three U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press said up to 350
    employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration were
    abruptly laid off late Thursday, with some losing access to email
    before they'd learned they were fired, only to try to enter their
    offices on Friday morning to find they were locked out. The officials
    spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.

    One of the hardest hit offices was the Pantex Plant near Amarillo,
    Texas, which saw about 30% of the cuts. Those employees work on
    reassembling warheads, one of the most sensitive jobs across the
    nuclear weapons enterprise, with the highest levels of clearance.

    https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-doge-firings-trump-federal-916e6819104f04f44c345b7dde4904d5

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Feb 17 23:04:24 2025
    On Mon, 17 Feb 2025, JAB wrote:

    Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers
    in DOGE reversal

    The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation's nuclear weapons programs, in an about-face that has left workers confused and experts cautioning that DOGE's blind cost cutting will put communities at
    risk.

    Three U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press said up to 350 employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration were
    abruptly laid off late Thursday, with some losing access to email
    before they'd learned they were fired, only to try to enter their
    offices on Friday morning to find they were locked out. The officials
    spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.

    One of the hardest hit offices was the Pantex Plant near Amarillo,
    Texas, which saw about 30% of the cuts. Those employees work on
    reassembling warheads, one of the most sensitive jobs across the
    nuclear weapons enterprise, with the highest levels of clearance.

    https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-doge-firings-trump-federal-916e6819104f04f44c345b7dde4904d5

    You cannot make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. They will be
    hired back with salary increases. Carry on... nothing to see here!

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