U.S. President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk purged less than 50 workers from the agency that maintains the country's nuclear weapons arsenal, the Department of Energy said on Sunday, after far wider layoffs there were suddenly rescinded,

The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The employees, responsible for designing and maintaining U.S. nuclear weapons, were part of a larger wave of mass dismissals, drawing alarm from national security experts.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has laid off about 1,200 to 2,000 workers at the Department of Energy, including employees at a power grid office, the nuclear security administration and the loans office,

The Trump administration has begun firing federal employees across a number of agencies in an effort to save money across the government, affecting thousands working at the departments of Energy and Agriculture.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has laid off 1,200 to 2,000 employees, impacting key offices, including the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Loan Programs Office, and Grid Deployment Office.