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Energy chief slashes red tape that led to 60% cost in inflation, burdened work in 'critical' labs

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Energy Secretary Chris Wright met with all 17 U.S. National Laboratories to find out what they needed to be most effective in their work.

The labs represent the legacy of American scientific research, development and technological innovation stemming from collective postwar investment.

Wright said the postwar infrastructure in many have well served their purpose, but must be more easily replaced.

The majority of the enriched uranium you need to build a bomb, was produced in these Calutron machines.

The facility, outside Knoxville , was built around 1943 in under 18 months , Wright said.

"Here we are 80 years later , it is still in operation and still a key part of our nuclear fabrication facilities".