NNSA to conduct NEPA review of plutonium pit production

[Marlin]

NNSA to conduct NEPA review of plutonium pit production

https://www.ans.org/news/2025-05-13/article-7019/nnsa-to-conduct-nepa-review-of-plutonium-pit-production/

[Mounder]

After 25+ years of building the facility and endlessly preparing, they're going to do NEPA paperwork now.  Zero pits in 25 years.

[Marlin]

After 25+ years of building the facility and endlessly preparing, they're going to do NEPA paperwork now.  Zero pits in 25 years.

The first pit was done in October 2024.

NNSA completes and diamond-stamps first plutonium pit for W87-1 warhead

https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/nnsa-completes-and-diamond-stamps-first-plutonium-pit-w87-1-warhead

[Mounder]

OK, 1 pit in 25 years, without NEPA

[Marlin]

OK, 1 pit in 25 years, without NEPA

The W87-1 Modification Program to replace the replace the aging W78 warheads I think will do much more than one.