With No Permanent Home for Spent Plutonium, Amarillo's Pantex Plant Continues to Play Host

By Texas Standard

Published April 25, 2018 at 8:28 AM CDT

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The perimeter of the Pantex nuclear weapons plant in Amarillo, Texas.

Image via Flickr/Danny Bradury (CC BY 2.0)

The U.S. Department of Energy has been unable to find a state willing to host a permanent storage facility for old, radioactive nuclear material.