Stockpile Stewardship

Samples Shipped for LANL’s Next Subcritical Plutonium Test at Nevada

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ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Materials for the third and final Nightshade subcritical plutonium test at the Nevada National Security Site have shipped out from the Los Alamos National Laboratory ahead of a shot planned for the fall, the head of the lab’s weapon’s program…

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