Nuclear Security Agency to Furlough 80% of Staff

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., on Friday warned that the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is planning to furlough most of its civilian staff amid the government shutdown.

The NNSA is the federal agency that oversees the nation’s stockpile of nuclear weapons.

“We were just informed last night (that) the National Nuclear Security Administration — the group that handles and manages our nuclear stockpile — that the carryover funding they’ve been using is about to run out,” Rogers told reporters during House Republicans’ daily press briefing at the U.S. Capitol.