Plutonium Pit Production

NNSA Looking At Pit Plant in S.C. as Congress Pumps Plutonium Funds to N.M.

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The National Nuclear Security Administration believes manufacturing plutonium pits at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina might be cheaper than keeping the work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
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Plutonium Pit Production

Equipment delivery moves Savannah River pit production training facility forward

Plutonium Pit Production

Early equipment delivery moves Savannah River pit production training facility forward

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Early equipment delivery advances Savannah River pit production training facility

Plutonium Pit Production

Lots of gloveboxes being built at Savannah River

Decommissioning

Savannah River contractors talk liquid waste, pit facility updates

Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

Groups seek NEPA review of plan to issue surplus plutonium to private companies

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Groups demand NEPA review of plan to provide surplus plutonium to private companies

Plutonium Pit Production

Groups demand NEPA review of plan to provide surplus plutonium to companies

Plutonium Pit Production

JASON study finds plutonium aging slowly, raising questions about pit-production rationale

Plutonium Pit Production

Williams: NNSA accelerating plutonium pit production toward 2028 goal

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

Nuclear Watch New Mexico seeks disclosure of pit production study

A nuclear watchdog group in New Mexico has filed suit against the Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) seeking to force disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) of a study concerning costs of plutonium pit production. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
Plutonium Pit Production

UCS: NNSA redacted unclassified docs on plutonium pits

Plutonium Pit Production

SRPPF contract, baseline in limbo ahead of September deadline

Plutonium Pit Production

New study says NNSA underestimates toll of pit production fire

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New Mexico town passes resolution opposing pit production

Plutonium Pit Production

Los Alamos investigating furnace glovebox fire inside plutonium facility

Plutonium Pit Production

Nuclear skeptics seek release of pit production documents during comment period

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