Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Nevada Wants Appeals Court to Force Removal of Plutonium From State

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A panel of appeals judges will hear oral argument from Nevada by early October about why the Department of Energy should remove a half metric ton of weapon-usable plutonium from the Nevada National Security Site’s Device Assembly Facility.
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