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UCS Questions ‘Rush’ to Los Alamos Pit Production

Sarah Salem

Wednesday, February 12th, 2025

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A representative from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Tuesday said government urgency for plutonium pit production at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico is “unnecessary” —and increases risk to workers. Dylan Spaulding, a senior scientist researching nuclear weapons production at the Union of Concerned Scientists, laid out his case in prepared comments for a hearing held by DoE and its semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). DoE and NNSA are drafting a site-wide environmental…

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