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2. Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Facility

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   The two buildings will be linked by tunnels and will connect to LANL's existing 30-year-old plutonium facility PF-4. [1] The facility is controversial both because of spiraling costs and because critics argue it will allow for expanded production of plutonium 'pits' and therefore could be used to manufacture new nuclear weapons.

3. Pit (nuclear weapon) - Wikipedia

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   The pits of the first nuclear weapons were solid, with an urchin neutron initiator in their center. The Gadget and Fat Man used pits made of 6.2 kg of solid hot pressed plutonium-gallium alloy (at 400 °C and 200 MPa in steel dies – 750 °F and 29,000 psi) half-spheres of 9.2 cm (3.6 in) diameter, with a 2.5 cm (1 in) internal cavity for the initiator.

4. Dayton Project - Wikipedia

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   The hemispheres were nickel-plated and the outer surface was coated in gold and 30 curies (1.1 TBq) of polonium. The 2.0-centimeter (0.79 in) initiator, which was hot to the touch, fitted neatly inside the 20-millimeter (0.8 in) hole in the center of the plutonium pit. [45]

5. US plutonium production plan likely to spur legal challenge - AOL

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   The agency that oversees the United States’ nuclear arsenal says it doesn’t need to do any broad environmental reviews of a proposal that calls for ramping up production of plutonium triggers ...

6. Court extends deadline for agreement in federal lawsuit over ...

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   Oct. 25—The deadline for a federal agency and a nationwide group of anti-nuclear organizations to agree on remedies in a lawsuit tied to plans for plutonium pit production has been extended ...

7. Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility air quality ...

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   Sep. 6—Work continues at the Savannah River Site to transform the Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility into a plutonium pit production facility. The South Carolina Department of Health and ...

8. Plutonium Finishing Plant - Wikipedia

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   The plant began in 1949 with the purpose of on-site production of plutonium metal in a form suitable for weapons at Hanford. [1] [2] It also participated in programs to recycle plutonium. One of the projects was the use of mixed plutonium-oxide uranium-oxide (MOX) fuel in the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF).

9. Plutonium pit production at Savannah River Site is one of ...

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   Nov. 1—Production of plutonium pits at the Savannah River Site and Los Alamos National Laboratory remains a top priority of the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security ...