AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — The National Nuclear Security Administration, the federal agency tasked with overseeing the country’s nuclear stockpile, furloughed 1,400 workers as part of the ongoing government shutdown.
Roughly 400 federal workers will remain on the job, along with thousands of NNSA contractors, according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
Those contractors include employees of PanTeXas Deterrence (PXD) which serves as the management and operating contractor for Pantex…