so....what actually happens to "retired" Atom Bombs?

[turkeydance]

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Typically, nuclear arms retired from the U.S. arsenal are not melted down, pulverized, crushed, buried or otherwise destroyed.
Instead, they are painstakingly disassembled, and their parts, including their deadly plutonium cores,
are kept in a maze of bunkers and warehouses across the United States.

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[Button Pusher]

They upcycle the nuclear components because the treaties prevent any 'new' nuclear weapons.

 

[alpharius]

Wouldn't want anyone getting a hold of that plutonium anyway, bunker is probably safer.

 

[ronn47]

quote:
Typically, nuclear arms retired from the U.S. arsenal are not melted down, pulverized, crushed, buried or otherwise destroyed.
Instead, they are painstakingly disassembled, and their parts, including their deadly plutonium cores,
are kept in a maze of bunkers and warehouses across the United States.

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They upcycle the nuclear components because the treaties prevent any 'new' nuclear weapons.

Last place I worked before retiring recycled some of these "parts".
There is a new pit plant being built also to supplement the existing one in a different state.
It was interesting work.