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Los Alamos’ Plutonium Pit Production of 30 Annually for Sentinel May Have to Wait Beyond 2026

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Los Alamos’ Plutonium Pit Production of 30 Annually for Sentinel May Have to Wait Beyond 2026
Marv Adams, deputy administrator for defense programs for the National Nuclear Security Administration, speaks to Los Alamos National Laboratory workers during the Nuclear Weapons Council’s visit there to mark the first production unit of the plutonium pit for the W87-1 (Los Alamos National Laboratory Photo)

As the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awaits its marching orders from the Trump administration, the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is now saying it will get to an annual plutonium pit production goal of 30 "ASAP." Such pits are the triggers for thermonuclear weapons. David Dooley, the associate laboratory director for weapons production at LANL, participated in a panel discussion on pit production at the 17th annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit in Arlington on Tuesday. In a…

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