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NNSA Chief Klotz Says High Explosives Facility At Pantex Plant Ready To Operate

Alissa Tabirian

Thursday, March 2nd, 2017

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NNSA Chief Klotz Says High Explosives Facility At Pantex Plant Ready To Operate

Workers at the NNSA's Pantex Plant in Texas. Photo: NNSA

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Tuesday approved Critical Decision (CD)-4 for the High Explosives Pressing Facility (HEPF) at the Pantex Plant, NNSA Administrator Frank Klotz said Wednesday at sister publication ExchangeMonitor’s annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit in Washington, D.C. CD-4 indicates readiness to operate the facility, following the construction phase. The agency in 2011 began construction of the 45,000-square foot HEPF at the Amarillo, Texas, site to combine into one facility high-explosive operations that were being conducted in several different, aging…

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