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US Produces First Plutonium Pit For Nuclear Weapons Since 1989
During the Cold War, the US produced hundreds of plutonium pits each year at the Rocky Flats Plant in Colorado. However, ...
Researchers discover new isotope plutonium-227
A research team led by researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has ...
Judge finds plutonium production plans violated environmental laws
U.S. energy officials illegally neglected to study impacts to the environment in efforts to increase plutonium production for ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists1 天
The Energy Department just made one plutonium pit. Making more is uncertain
The Energy Department says it is closing in on mass producing warhead-ready plutonium pits—the explosive core of nuclear ...
First Plutonium Pit For Nuclear Warhead Produced In The U.S. In 35 Years Is Now “Weapon ...
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced the completion of the first ...
EurekAlert!1 天
Researchers discover new plutonium isotope
A research team led by researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN7 天
US resumes nuclear warhead production with first plutonium pit in 35 years
The US has produced the first plutonium pit in 35 years for the W87-1 warhead, marking a milestone in restoring nuclear ...
How 'Britain's Chernobyl' nearly turned the north into a nuclear wasteland
If the 1,300°C fire in front of them wasn’t bad enough, the workers knew that any mistake could turn northwest England into a ...
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Sites Violated Rules, Judge Finds
A federal judge has ruled that the National Nuclear Security Administration violated environmental regulations.
US nuclear weapon production sites violated environmental rules, federal judge decides
A U.S. Judge has ruled that the National Nuclear Security Administration failed to properly evaluate its expansion of ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican9 天
LANL completes first 'diamond-stamped' plutonium pit as part of arsenal modernization
It will be placed in a warhead to replace an aging weapon, according to a November 2023 fact sheet from the NNSA.
Armed robbery in Revesby8 天
LLNL Leads Design for First W87-1 Plutonium Pit
As announced by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the First Production Unit ...