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US plutonium production plan likely to spur legal challenge

by Associated Press
| January 9, 2020 2:35 PM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The agency that oversees the United States’ nuclear arsenal says it doesn’t need to do any broad environmental reviews of a proposal that calls for ramping up production of plutonium triggers at federal installations in New Mexico and South Carolina.

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