President Bush today signed a fiscal year 2004 appropriations bill that includes $6.3 billion for National Nuclear Security Administration weapons activities and another $1.3 billion for nuclear nonproliferation work. The Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act also provides more than $766 million for NNSA's Naval Reactors program, which is responsible for developing nuclear propulsion for Navy carriers and submarines. The money provided by the legislation is less in each category than the amount requested by the Bush administration. The White...
