Presenter says Genesis mission will speed materials science for U.S. nuclear stockpile

An unidentified presenter told listeners that modernizing the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile is being hindered by pace, and that a new effort called the Genesis mission aims to speed up materials science work to meet operational needs.

"Of our biggest challenges right now in the modernization of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile is that the pace at which we're modernizing ... isn't the pace we need to meet mission," the unidentified presenter said. The presenter added that "all of our science across the stockpile also needs to go faster and the material science needs to go faster."

The presenter described the current effort as "a really exciting opportunity for us to accelerate our ability to do material science at mission speed to support the stockpile." They called the Genesis mission "a once in a career opportunity," and said they had "never before seen all of the different pillars of the Department of Energy come together to do 1 grand thing to drive forward innovation for the country."

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