Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 39
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October 13, 2023

Environmentalists, locals, say NNSA left crucial documents out of decision record for pits

By Dan Parsons

The National Nuclear Security Administration did not consider certain cost and radioactive waste analyses when it decided to make plutonium pits in New Mexico and South Carolina, the agency said in a court filing this week. It is the latest turn in a two-year-old…

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