Los Alamos Study Group: Plutonium 'pit' Production Now a $60 Billion Program - $20 Billion Down, $40 Billion to Go
June 08, 2026
June 08, 2026
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 8 -- The Los Alamos Study Group issued the following news release:
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Plutonium "pit" production now a $60 billion program -- $20 billion down, $40 billion to go
Today the Los Alamos Study Group released updated cost estimates for the acquisition of plutonium warhead core ("pit") production capability at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico, the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina, . . .
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Plutonium "pit" production now a $60 billion program -- $20 billion down, $40 billion to go
Today the Los Alamos Study Group released updated cost estimates for the acquisition of plutonium warhead core ("pit") production capability at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico, the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina, . . .