WEEKLY BASKET:Nuclear Wastrels Volume XVII No.38: October 12, 2012 TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE-You would hope the folks overseeing our nuclear weapons arsenal would be conscientious, able to handle delicate instruments and fissile materials. Yet the way they handle our money makes us fear they shouldn’t be anywhere near a power switch, much less a ticking budget bomb or fiscal cliff. We’re talking about the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the Department of Energy agency charged with the care and feeding of our nuclear arsenal. Anyone with a passing knowledge of NNSA knows it\’s screwed up, but recent events have pushed the situation from bad to worse. Let’s revisit just the latest disasters: This post was imported from a legacy archive. Please excuse any formatting inconsistencies. Related