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100			_aMedalia, Jonathan E.
245			_aManufacturing nuclear weapon 'pits' : _ba decisionmaking approach for Congress / _h[electronic resource] _cJonathan E. Medalia
260			_aWashington, DC : _bCRS, _c2014
300			_a33 p.
490			_aCRS report, R43685
500			_aSIP1409
500			_a"August 15, 2014".
500			_aA “pit” is the plutonium “trigger” of a thermonuclear weapon. During the Cold War, the Rocky Flats Plant (CO) made up to 2,000 pits per year (ppy), but ceased operations in 1989. Since then, the Department of Energy (DOE) has made at most 11 ppy for the stockpile, yet the Department of Defense stated that it needs DOE to have a capacity of 50 to 80 ppy to extend the life of certain weapons and for other purposes. This report focuses on 80 ppy, the upper end of this range.
650			_anuclear weapons _xplutonium
651			_aUSA _vofficial publication
710			_aCongressional Research Service, CRS. _bLibrary of Congress, LC
852			_hCD2014 G14_362
856			_uhttp://fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/R43685.pdf
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