Plutonium Pit Production

Glovebox Fire shuts portion of LANL plutonium lab for nearly two weeks

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On Nov.6 the Los Alamos Fire Department responded to the highly-secure Plutonium Facility at the national laboratory for a report of a fire inside a glovebox used to manipulate radioactive material. 
It took until Nov. 16 to reopen the room where the fire occurred,…

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