Those authorities served us well in providing the NCA these types of capabilities when they needed them.
So after a number of years of trying to move forward on this, we are extremely excited that finally we are seeing some concrete progress.
Do you support the objectives of developing such program metrics?
Thank you.
I understand that last year NNSA cancelled the facility that will supply the plutonium feedstock to the fuel assembly building.
That's a valid point, but I also think the mentoring aspect in some of these other areas certainly plays a role.
But in our fiscal year 2013 authorization bill this committee asked NNSA to supply a long-term plan for the life of the program on facilitie...
What new test or experimentation methodologies or capabilities are needed to ensure that the cyber components of these systems meet warfight...
The whole idea is to accelerate the production of a viable technology for moly-99 use in the United States in 2016.
It is imperative I think for the safety and security of our country.
We are in the process right now of evaluating the cost and schedule impacts associated with a number of the cost pressures.