Plutonium Pit Production

Davis highlights productivity gains at PF-4 through reduced administrative burdens

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Efforts to reduce administrative burdens and streamline operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s PF-4 plutonium facility have increased the amount of time the facility is available for production work, according to Mark Davis, deputy laboratory director…

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