Innovation & Infrastructure

High Explosives Facility completed at Pantex

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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently completed construction at the Pantex Plant’s High Explosives Science and Engineering facility, consolidating 15 Manhattan Project-era facilities, the agency said last week.
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