The Department of Energy said Thursday it will produce nuclear-warhead cores for the ongoing 30-year, $1 trillion modernization of the U.S. nuclear arsenal at two sites instead of one, and will convert a major nonproliferation facility into a weapons plant to do it.The Department of Defense wants DoE to make 80 fissile “plutonium pits” per year by 2030. The Energy Department previously planned to concentrate the work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, but now will split the mission between…
DoE to Split Production of Warhead Cores Between New Mexico and South Carolina
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Dan Leone
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