
The Los Alamos National Laboratory will install by 2030 the equipment needed to make at least 30 plutonium pits annually, according to a Jan. 19 memo from the deputy secretary of energy. Formally known as the Los Alamos Plutonium Pit Production Project 30 Base Equipment Installation subproject, the installation will provide the lab with “the minimum equipment necessary to provide 30 war reserve PPY [pits per year]” by Aug. 30, 2030, according to the memo signed by David Turk, the…