DOE propaganda presentation on pits is woefully inadequate and fails to make the case for expanded pit production. Is this all they can come up with to sell new plutonium pit production for a new and unneeded nuclear warhead (“W87-1-like”)?!
The presentation doesn’t mention: the threat of a new nuclear arms race, no need for a new nuclear warhead, no experience with pit production at SRS, reuse of pits (20,000 in storage), no nuclear proliferation review of a new warhead & the proposed SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant or mention cost and schedule challenges.
The proposed SRS plutonium Bomb Plant (PBP) remains unauthorized and unfunded by Congress.
“Introduction to Weapon Systems and Pits”
by Los Alamos National Lab, Nov. 14, 2019