Environmental Review Begins for Massive Project to Produce New Nuclear Weapon Cores

By John Burroughs The United States is planning to establish an infrastructure capable of producing at least 80 plutonium pits for the W87-1 nuclear warhead per year. The project is well described and criticized in a comprehensive report released in May by the Union of Concerned Scientists. In the current approach, facilities would be located … Continue reading Environmental Review Begins for Massive Project to Produce New Nuclear Weapon Cores