Wasting money? Yes. Safety risks? Yes

Our stockpile of nuclear weapons is under the control of the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA), an independently managed unit of the Energy Department.  NNSA is not well run.  For years, GAO has been saying something like this, "NNSA does not have reliable enterprise-wide management information on program budgets and costs, which potentially increases risk to NNSA’s programs". For example, in 2010, NNSA did not know its total costs to operate and maintain essential weapons activities facilities and infrastructure. Last year GAO reported that NNSA did not really know the condition of its infrastructure. Perhaps most importantly, questions have been raised as to NNSA's ability to ensure the nuclear stockpile is safe and secure.