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Environmental and public interest groups sue to challenge plutonium production for war heads

June 29, 2021
Source: KPFA Radio

The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays


Correction: Plutonium bomb cores (pits) are not placed into the warheads at Livermore Lab. The government’s plan involves sending plutonium pit material from Los Alamos Lab in NM to Livermore Lab in the Bay Area for “Materials Testing.” This is an earlier step in the pit manufacturing process.

The segment on the plutonium litigation begins at 45:33 and ends at 48:50. Click here for the June 29, 2021 for KPFA’s Pacifica Evening News Archive Link.

https://archives.kpfa.org/data/20210629-Tue1800.mp3