Originally Posted by
BFSGrad
Attending a presentation at a U.S. nuclear facility back in the 90s, one of the most vexing problems was how to attract and retain technical expertise when nothing new was being developed (U.S. “Stockpile Stewardship”)
Another problem is that there are certain modern safety features than cannot be retrofitted to existing warheads.
To be fair both UK facilities are known to be some of the best "trainers"around. I think their Apprentice schemes are some of the best in the UK