Deb Fischer: “Pit production lapsed at the end of the Cold War.”

“And I think you'll find an NNSA that is revitalized around that mission. You know, when we look at the Pit production lapsed at the end of the Cold War. it's been a long standing concern of this committee that we how do we ramp that back up? And I was encouraged when I visited Los Alamos a year ago.” (04:16–04:33)

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