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New training facility advances plutonium pit production at Savannah River Site
Original: New training facility advances plutonium pit production at SRS
A new training facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina is advancing efforts to expand plutonium pit production, a core component of the US nuclear weapons stockpile modernization programme. The facility will prepare workers for pit manufacturing work, which the National Nuclear Security Administration also plans to scale up at Los Alamos. Local coverage highlights the site's growing role in the national nuclear complex.
Why now: The Savannah River Site is taking on an expanded role in US nuclear weapons production, a topic of regional and national interest.
Savannah River SiteNational Nuclear Security AdministrationSouth CarolinaLos Alamos National Laboratory
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- New training facility advances plutonium pit production at SRS · augustachronicle.com
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