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Для бомбы, речь о 239-плутонии
A plutonium pit is a critical component of every nuclear weapon, but the
United States’ current capability to produce plutonium pits is limited.
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), under Federal law
and to meet national security requirements, must implement a strategy
to provide the enduring capability and capacity to produce no fewer
than 80 war reserve (WR) plutonium pits per year (ppy).
In 2018, the Nuclear Weapons Council endorsed NNSA’s approach for
supplying plutonium pits to meet stockpile requirements: a two-site
strategy with Savannah River Site (SRS) producing no fewer than 50 WR
ppy and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) producing no fewer
than 30 WR ppy. This approach will provide an effective, responsive
and resilient nuclear weapons infrastructure with the flexibility to adapt
to shifting requirements and counter future threats.
Two-Site Strategy
Studies of NNSA’s approach show that having two geographically
separated plutonium pit production facilities supports resiliency and
redundancy from external threats and hazards. This provides NNSA
with the flexibility and resilience to mitigate shutdowns, incidents or
other impacts to operations at a given site.
Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF)
SRS will achieve its part of this objective by constructing the Savannah
River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF)
A plutonium pit это такой шарик в пару кило 239-плутония с особой кристаллической решеткой — из стабилизированного в особой аллотропной модификации (магия) плутония при помощи например волшебного металла галлия.