
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in December removed some surplus, weapon-usable plutonium from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, the agency said Friday. The agency did not say how much of the material it removed from the site near Aiken, S.C. The NNSA has said the glove boxes and facilities needed to blend the plutonium with concrete-like grout at Savannah River will not be fully operational until 2028 or so. “This shipment marks a milestone as the first…