Public Hearings Come to Kansas City as US Ramps up Plutonium Production for Nuclear Weapons

Public hearings come to Kansas City as US ramps up plutonium production for nuclear weapons

Ann Suellentrop, vice chair of PeaceWorks Kansas City, with other protesters outside the Kansas City National Security Campus at 14520 Botts Road in south Kansas City (photo submitted).After years of protests and a hard-won court battle, anti-nuclear activists in Kansas City will get a chance this week to tell the federal government why they oppose a plan to ramp up production of plutonium pits — the bowling-ball-sized cores of nuclear weapons. …

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Public hearings come to Kansas City as U.S. vies for more plutonium for nuclear weapons

After years of protests and a hard-won court battle, anti-nuclear activists in Kansas City will get a chance this week to tell the federal government why they oppose a plan to ramp up production of plutonium pits — the bowling-ball-sized cores of nuclear weapons.  Takeaways The federal government wants to increase production of plutonium pits — the bowling-ball-sized cores of nuclear weapons. The National Nuclear Security Administration is hol…