Plutonium Pit Production

DOE Tells Los Alamos to Fix Old Issues-Management Practices Ahead of New Plutonium Mission

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Los Alamos National Laboratory management contractor Triad National Security must quickly change the issues-management practices it inherited from its predecessor to prevent problems with plutonium facilities from spiraling out of control and derailing planned…

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Lots of gloveboxes being built at Savannah River

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Savannah River contractors talk liquid waste, pit facility updates

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Groups seek NEPA review of plan to issue surplus plutonium to private companies

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Plutonium Pit Production

JASON study finds plutonium aging slowly, raising questions about pit-production rationale

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Williams: NNSA accelerating plutonium pit production toward 2028 goal

A stainless steel glovebox used to handle sensitive materials in a controlled, inert-atmosphere laboratory.
Plutonium Pit Production

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 […]
Plutonium Pit Production

UCS: NNSA redacted unclassified docs on plutonium pits

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SRPPF contract, baseline in limbo ahead of September deadline

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New study says NNSA underestimates toll of pit production fire

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New Mexico town passes resolution opposing pit production

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Los Alamos investigating furnace glovebox fire inside plutonium facility

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Nuclear skeptics seek release of pit production documents during comment period

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