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Furloughs have begun at the federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says in a social media post the National Nuclear Security Administration is furloughing federal employees as part of the government shutdown, which began Oct. 1. Wright is set to visit the Nevada National Security Site on Monday and pledges to ask Nevada’s leaders to help “end this shutdown.” The National Nuclear Security Administration has said it could furlough up to 1,400 workers as a result of a funding lapse from the shutdown. Nearly 400 federal workers would remain on the job, along with National Nuclear Security Administration contractors.