Plutonium Pit Production

CRS Report: A ‘Package of Options’ Is Needed to Meet Goal of 80 Plutonium Pits Per Year

By Photo of Brian

Kenneth Fletcher
NS&D Monitor
5/22/2015
A “package of options” must be assembled to meet the Congressionally mandated goal of producing 80 plutonium pits per year at Los Alamos National Laboratory, according to a Congressional Research Service…

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At Savannah River

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At Oak Ridge

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Senate Appropriators Call for New Uranium Science Institute

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Senate FY16 Energy Spending Bill Includes $345 Million For MOX Construction

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Senate FY16 Energy Spending Bill Would Slightly Plus Up Funding for NNSA Weapon Activities

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NNSA Declares ‘Code Blue’ at Pantex

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Sandia Procurement Gets Rolling as NNSA Releases Sources Sought Notice

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NNSA Responds to Congressional Advisory Panel Recommendations

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Long-Range Strike Bomber Contract to Be Awarded by August, Air Force Official Says

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House FY16 Defense Spending Bill Would Block Transfers Into Sea-Based Deterrent Fund

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NNSA Moving Forward With Competition for New Nevada National Security Site Contract

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Nuclear Enterprise Stakeholders Meet at Pentagon with Senators, Top Air Force Officials

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UPF Federal Project Director Eschenberg Stepping Down

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U.S. Considering Offensive and Defensive Capabilities to Counter Alleged INF Violation

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