While I think that 18 (months) is somewhat better than 24 (months), the truth of the matter is those numbers are sufficiently imprecise, and the whole thing is sufficiently unlikely that it seemed more suitable, especially given our continued budget pressure, to stick with 24 months.

Chinese take security seriously, but you can always benefit from an exchange of technology.

The funding increase is because this is the year to peak fund it and we expect to be in a position to start construction later this calendar year.

You don't wait until material has been lost and then improve security.

What we want to do is equip our protective force with the capability that will leave no doubt about the outcome.

We're standing at the threshold of a new era in high-performance computing.

We're not going to let people get anywhere near nuclear material. If they come, they're going to die en route.

A lot of people are willing to die if they can kill lots of Americans ... You want to make clear that when they come here to die (by attacking the lab), they die for a failure.

Because we have not yet received a detailed description of what UC proposes with respect to a separate pension plan, DOE/NNSA cannot comment specifically on your approach at this time.