April 03, 2026

Watchdog flags potential expansion of pit production at Los Alamos after review

By Sarah Salem

A New Mexico watchdog group says recent federal analyses point to growing pressure to expand plutonium pit production at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), potentially beyond currently scoped capacity.
The group refers to the lab’s most recently released…

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