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Rep. Wilson Appears Ahead of Budget Hearings to Seek Funding Increase for SRS Plutonium Pits

Rep. Wilson Appears Ahead of Budget Hearings to Seek Funding Increase for SRS Plutonium Pits

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…

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