Plutonium Pit Production

Savannah River Pit Plant Design to be Finished by June

By Photo of Dan Leone

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) management contractor for the Savannah River Site plans by June to finalize the design for a new plant capable of making 50 plutonium nuclear-warhead cores a year, the company’s president…

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