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Record 1500 NDAA Amendments Include Deadline Extension for Plutonium Pit Production

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Record 1500 NDAA Amendments Include Deadline Extension for Plutonium Pit Production
A mock-up plutonium pit at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, seen during a June 2023 media tour. Source: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Some of the 1,502 amendments filed in the House for an annual defense policy bill deal directly with the U.S. nuclear weapons enterprise, including a call to allow the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) more time to make 80 new plutonium pits annually. Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) filed an amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would change existing law that requires the agency to reach certain plutonium pit production milestones by certain dates. Garamendi filed his…

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