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Tipoffs for Santa Fe, New Mexico (Los Alamos) Newsletter for Friday July 04, 2025 ( 1 items )  

Multi-Year Delays in Plutonium 'Pit' Production at Los Alamos Now Require the Use of Recycled Pits for Some New Warheads
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 4 -- The Los Alamos Study Group issued the following news release: * * * Multi-year delays in plutonium "pit" production at Los Alamos now require the use of recycled pits for some new warheads The purpose of the Los Alamos facility, expected to cost more than $22 billion when all costs are tallied, was to avoid recycling pits. * New facts regarding the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA's) plans to produce the plutonium-containing cores of nuclea  more