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/
After 25+ years of building the facility and endlessly preparing, they're going to do NEPA paperwork now. Zero pits in 25 years.
Quote from: Mounder on May 19, 2025, 09:18
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 warheadhttps://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/nnsa-completes-and-diamond-stamps-first-plutonium-pit-w87-1-warhead
OK, 1 pit in 25 years, without NEPA :)
Quote from: Mounder on May 19, 2025, 10:18
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. [coffee]