Sentences with phrase «test nuclear fission reactors»

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Consortium run nuclear sites also oversee the production of plutonium pits, monitor the aging of nuclear weapons, manage the production of critical nuclear components like Tritium — which helps boost the yield in all nuclear weapons and initiate the fission stage in hydrogen bombs — and operate test reactors.