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Workers Dismantle Final U.S. Nuclear Artillery Shell
Workers at the Pantex Plant in Texas have dismantled the last U.S. W79 nuclear artillery shell, plant officials said yesterday (see GSN, Aug. 8, 2002).
More than 100 plant workers and about 100 engineers from the U.S. national laboratories were involved in the dismantlement effort, which was completed without incident, said Pantex Site Office Manager Dan Glenn.
“A whole weapons class is now gone,” Glenn said. “One of our goals that we try to do is reduce the global nuclear threat. By getting rid of the ones that aren’t necessary helps the whole world out,” he added (Jim McBride, Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 12).
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