Plutonium Pit Production

Los Alamos’ plutonium pit production of 30 annually for Sentinel may have to wait beyond 2026

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As the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration awaits its marching orders from the President Donald Trump (R) administration, the Los Alamos National Laboratory is now saying it will get to an annual plutonium pit production goal of…

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