Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Second NNSA Employee Dies of COVID-19

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An employee at the Nevada National Security Site died of COVID-19, an agency spokesperson reported this week, marking the second confirmed fatality attributable to the viral disease among civilian nuclear-weapons workers.
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