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Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), whose district includes the Savannah River Site, on Monday asked the House Appropriations Committee to provide a total of $695 million in fiscal year 2022 for plutonium pit production at the Aiken, S.C. site: some $255 million more than the 2021 pit budget. The increase would entirely go toward construction of the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF) itself: a new pit factory the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plans to construct from the remains of…
