Overview
- About 1,400 National Nuclear Security Administration employees were furloughed Monday, leaving roughly 375–400 workers to safeguard the stockpile.
- This is the agency’s first furlough during a funding lapse since its creation in 2000, according to the Energy Department.
- Assembly hubs at Pantex in Texas and Y-12 in Tennessee are moving to “safe shutdown” status, pausing key modernization and surveillance work.
- NNSA’s Office of Secure Transportation is funded only through Oct. 27, and agency sources say contractors could run out of money around Oct. 28, jeopardizing timely deliveries to the Defense Department.
- Security personnel remain on duty and officials report no immediate threat to the stockpile, but they warn prolonged disruption could erode readiness and drive away specialized workers.