Plutonium Pit Production

DOE PLEDGES INCREASED COOPERATION WITH DNFSB ON PF-4 UPGRADES

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The National Nuclear Security Administration will take another approach to evaluating the ability of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Plutonium Facility (PF-4) to withstand an earthquake, Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman said in a recent letter to the…

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A stainless steel glovebox used to handle sensitive materials in a controlled, inert-atmosphere laboratory.
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Nuclear Watch New Mexico seeks disclosure of pit production study

A nuclear watchdog group in New Mexico has filed suit against the Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) seeking to force disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) of a study concerning costs of plutonium pit production. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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UCS: NNSA redacted unclassified docs on plutonium pits

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