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    Leveraging the nation’s Plutonium Center of Excellence (Pu CoE) to support deterrence

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has been tasked by the federal government to reconstitute an optimized rate production of pits

    Our employees are working hard to achieve First Production Unit in FY23 and to produce at least 30 pits per year by FY26.

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    Safely conducting a chemical analysis of plutonium
    Safely conducting a chemical analysis of plutonium
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    Leadership tour of our plutonium pit operations
    Leadership tour of our plutonium pit operations
    Leadership tour of our plutonium pit operations
    Craft workers inspecting gloveboxes.
    Craft workers inspecting gloveboxes
    Craft worker conducts preassembly work that will support the pit mission at LANL
    Craft worker conducting preassembly work that will support the pit mission at LANL
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    Craft worker conducts preassembly work that will support the pit mission at LANL
    Craft worker conducting preassembly work that will support the pit mission at LANL

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