Inefficient nuclear facilities need urgent updates

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Thomas D’Agostino, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security at the National Nuclear Security Administration says updates to nuclear weapons facilities are urgent at a House Armed Services Strategic Forges Subcommittee hearing on nuclear modernization. He says Cold War facilities are wasteful as they are too big and too expensive. (0:31)

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July 17, 2008

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