{"id":4621,"date":"2026-08-14T10:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4621"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:36:10","slug":"once-secret-report-on-atomic-weapons-production-released-as-greens-fight-plans-in-sc-nm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4621","title":{"rendered":"Once secret report on atomic weapons production released as greens fight plans in SC, NM"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A nuclear safety watchdog group says it has obtained formerly hidden information that bolsters arguments against building atomic weapons plants in New Mexico and South Carolina \u2014 but a key federal agency doesn\u2019t see it that way.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4619\">Greenville County Schools exceed expectations on new SC tests. One school got special achievement<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The federal government has released sections of a report, sought by environmental groups opposed to spending billions of dollars on new factories to produce plutonium pits, key ingredients in atomic bombs.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Environmentalists have said the report could contain information showing that pits are not aging as fast as the government contends, so there is no need for factories to replenish the stockpile. Important sections of the report had not been released until last week, nuclear safety watchdogs say.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The unredacted report summary, developed by a team of consulting scientists and released under an open records request, says pits are beginning to age but that they remain adequate for use in nuclear weapons, as environmentalists have argued.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Despite that, the report \u2014 known as a JASON study \u2014 recommends continuing with plans to produce pits for use in weapons.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The government should be \u201cestablishing pit production capabilities that may be needed to provide options to mitigate any future aging-related issues,\u2019\u2019 the study said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The federal government has pushed for years to build new plutonium pit factories at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina and at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to replace the aging stockpile and to service new nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Jay Coghlan, who heads Nuclear Watch New Mexico, said the report makes his case against building the pit production facilities, which are expected to cost the government more than $30 billion. If the current stock of pits is in good shape and aging slowly, there is no need to move forward with production of factories in South Carolina and New Mexico, he and others contend.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looks like this plutonium aging excuse doesn\u2019t really hold water,\u2019\u2019 he said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4617\">More bites, rare viruses, limited funding. Why SC has a growing tick problem<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>His organization, as well as South Carolina\u2019s Savannah River Site Watch and other environmental groups say they are worried that new pit production could crank up a nuclear arms race, while also leading to dangerous testing for new weapons that would rely on the new pits.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Highly toxic nuclear material could leak from an underground test sites, Coghlan said. The pits contain plutonium, one of the most deadly atomic materials. Environmentalists also say it isn\u2019t worth spending more than $30 billion for the project, as is projected.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are both environmental concerns and there are very serious proliferation concerns,\u2019\u2019 Coghlan said. \u201cThe existing stockpile is highly reliable.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The National Nuclear Security Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Energy, interprets the report differently.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most recent JASON study confirms NNSA\u2019s longstanding position that continued scientific research is needed to further understand plutonium aging,\u2019\u2019 the NNSA said in an email Thursday, Aug. 13. \u201cThe report also recommends continuing to establish plutonium pit production capabilities, which NNSA is aggressively undertaking to enable the modernization of the nuclear stockpile.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the importance of the stockpile to America\u2019s national security, NNSA remains committed to its two-site pit production strategy, as directed by Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>For more than 20 years, the government has sought to launch production of 80 plutonium pits each year to replenish nuclear weapons stockpiles. The new pits also could supply new atomic weapons. Recent efforts have focused on producing up to 200 pits a year, most of them at the Savannah River Site, a 310-square mile weapons complex in western South Carolina near the Georgia border. Boosters in South Carolina say such a facility could bring thousands of jobs to the state.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The SRS pit factory is being built at the site of a failed mixed oxide fuel plant.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4616\">Baby Boomers to Gen Z, here\u2019s who is moving to SC the most, new U-Haul report says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nuclear safety watchdog group says it has obtained a formerly secret report that bolsters its arguments against building atomic weapons plants in New Mexico and South Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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