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Bookmark or Share- Pantex | Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - DNFSBPantex (Amarillo, TX) - The Pantex Ordnance Plant was authorized on February 24, 1942, with construction being completed on November 15, 1942. The mission of the Plant was to load and pack conventional artillery shells and bombs in support of the World War II effort.
- Y-12 National Security Complex / Oak Ridge National Laboratory - DNFSBFor six decades, Y-12 has been a national center for handling, processing, and storing highly enriched uranium. Stockpile management activities include production, maintenance, refurbishment, dismantlement, evaluation, and storage of certain components of nuclear weapons.
- Nevada National Security Site | Defense Nuclear Facilities ... - DNFSBNevada National Security Site (NV) – The NNSS (formerly the Nevada Test site) is an extensive outdoor laboratory and national experiment center located in southern Nevada, about 75 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Activities at the site include preparations for the disposition of damaged nuclear weapons, subcritical experiments, criticality ...
- Savannah River Site | Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - DNFSBSavannah River Site (Aiken, SC) - SRS is a facility originally constructed to produce the basic materials for nuclear weapons. After the end of the Cold War, the site is primarily focused on environmental stewardship, environmental cleanup, waste management and disposition of nuclear materials.
- Hanford | Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - DNFSBHanford Site (Hanford, WA) - The Hanford Site was established during World War II to produce plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons. It is located in the desert of southeastern Washington State.
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