Nuclear Watchdog Sues for Plutonium Pit Production “Special Study”Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, 4 Aug 26, https://nukewatch.org/nuclear-weapons-watchdog-complaint-nnsa-pit-production-special-studySanta Fe, NM – Nuclear Watch New Mexico has sued the Department of Energy under the Freedom of Information Act for its Special Study of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Leadership and Management of the Plutonium Pit Production Mission. Theirexpanded manufacturing has been the chokepoint of resumed industrial-scale nuclearweapons production by the U.S. Crucially, no future pit production is to maintain thesafety and reliability of the existing stockpile. Plutonium pit production is the NNSA’s most expensive and complex program to date. Jay Coghlan, Director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico, added, “There is a massivecoverup by DOE and NNSA over their plutonium pit production program. To greaseexpanded nuclear weapons production, they have rescinded nuclear safety regulations,illegally restricted the access of the independent Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,and are withholding crucial documents from the American taxpayer.