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How do you dispose of a nuclear weapon?

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The US currently disposes of its nuclear weapons at the Pantex plant just outside Amarillo, TX, the same plant that assembles new ones and refurbishes/retrofits old ones. The process is roughly the reverse of assembly, with the conventional explosives being burned and the plutonium, uranium, and miscellaneous radioactive materials put in storage.

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