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DoE Plant for Nuke Weapons Components Bringing Some People Back

Monday, April 20th, 2020

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DoE Plant for Nuke Weapons Components Bringing Some People Back

An overhead view of the Kansas City National Security Campus, where the Department of Energy manufactures non-nuclear nuclear-weapon components.

The Kansas City National Security Campus, the nation’s manufacturing hub for the non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons, said Monday it will take a baby step back toward normal operations during the COVID-19 pandemic by asking some people to return to work on-site. “The Kansas City National Security Campus is expanding its mission critical work activities,” according to a statement from the facility operated by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). “Employees who are being asked to return…

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