Plutonium Pit Production

During New Mexico meeting, DOE bosses get earful on pits, WIPP, power lines

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Top Department of Energy executives for the weapons complex Monday evening got an earful from a large and vocal crowd of New Mexico residents on everything from plutonium pit production to proposed new electric power lines near the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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