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Pit (nuclear weapon)

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Production is fully concentrated at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States as of 2020. TODO was it ever made anywhere else?

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Pit (nuclear weapon) by Wikipedia Bot 0  1970-01-01
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A "pit" in the context of nuclear weapons refers to the core component of a nuclear weapon that contains fissile material, usually in the form of plutonium or uranium. This core is essential for the weapon's functioning, as it is where the nuclear chain reaction occurs during detonation.
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