The Trump administration envisions making at least 80 plutonium pits a year at Los Alamos National Laboratory, according to ...

The National Nuclear Security Administration may be one step closer to expanding plutonium pit production at a South Carolina ...

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Plutonium, a radioactive element, is produced when uranium, another radioactive element, absorbs neutrons, and most of it is artificially produced, except for a small amount found in uranium ore.

Plutonium can be used to make nuclear bombs. But it can also be recycled and used as a fuel in nuclear reactors. According to the authors of a Nature editorial, the UK—which has the largest civilian ...

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The Trump administration envisions making at least 80 plutonium pits a year at Los Alamos National Laboratory, according to an environmental statement published by the National Nuclear Security ...