
Critical-decision 2 for a new plutonium pit production plant at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina is now expected in fiscal 2025, a state panel heard last week from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Jason Armstrong, manager of the NNSA field office at Savannah River, told the Governor’s Nuclear Advisory Committee that critical-decision 2 on the Savannah River Site Plutonium Processing Facility should come in the middle of fiscal 2025. That translates to around April…