Plutonium Pit Production

Environmentalists: future pit production not to ‘maintain’ stockpile

By Photo of Sarah Salem

A group of environmentalists, fresh off touring the Savannah River Site as part of an environmental review, told a press briefing that “the most expensive building ever in U.S. history” is the path to an arms race.
The environmental review is a result of a…

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Centrus chooses Geiger Brothers as construction contractor for Piketon expansion

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Wrap up: Army nuclear chief on admin leave; Phelan abruptly out of Navy; LATA promotes new VP; more

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