Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Plutonium Downblending Resumes at Savannah River Site

By Photo of Wayne Barber

The management prime at the Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina has resumed downblending plutonium at the K Area after operations were suspended in October 2019.
Workers for site manager Savannah River Nuclear Solutions started downblending…

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