Energy Department Silent On Nuclear Warhead Pit Production Quotas Being Met or Not

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Energy Department silent on warhead pit production:

The Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration is not saying whether the Los Alamos National Laboratory has met a legal requirement to produce “war reserve” plutonium pits needed to keep the U.S. nuclear warhead arsenal ready for deterrence or conflict.

Plutonium pits are the core of thermonuclear weapons.

Thousands of current warhead pits are old, and many need to be replaced. Los Alamos National Laboratory is currently the sole production facility for full-scale pit production. A second plant is being built in Georgia at the NNSA Savannah River complex.

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Energy Department silent on warhead pit production

The Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration is not saying whether the Los Alamos National Laboratory has met a legal requirement to produce “war reserve” plutonium pits needed to keep the U.S. nuclear warhead arsenal ready for deterrence or conflict.

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