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Nuclear Modernization

NNSA Seeks $410M For South Carolina Pit Plant in FY ’20

Tuesday, March 26th, 2019

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NNSA Seeks $410M For South Carolina Pit Plant in FY ’20

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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is seeking $410 million for fiscal 2020 to begin converting a canceled plutonium disposal plant in South Carolina into a factory to produce nuclear-warhead cores, the agency revealed Monday in its detailed 2020 budget request. The planned Savannah River pit plant will be called the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF), according to the full budget request from the semiautonomous Department of Energy agency. Assuming approval from Congress, the NNSA said it will use the…

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