AIKEN, South Carolina, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River Site issued the following news release: * * * Glovebox fabrication underway for SRS pit production mission AIKEN, S.C. - (May 28, 2025) - The fabrication of gloveboxes is underway for the plutonium pit production mission at the Savannah River Site (SRS). "Gloveboxes will be a key component of pit production operations within the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF)," said Dennis Carr, president and   more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following activity report for the week ending May 9, 2025: * * * TO: Technical Director FROM: Los Alamos Site Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending May 9, 2025 Plutonium Facility-Radiological Control: In April, there were two separate, but related, contamination events in the basement of the Plutonium Facility. In each of the  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 28 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * New Explosive Cores for Nuclear Weapons Unnecessary, Scientists Say As the United States prepares to spend as much as $38 billion to produce hundreds of new explosive cores, called plutonium pits, to arm new nuclear weapons, a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) argues new pits aren't necessary to maintain the existing U.S. nuclear arsenal.  more