Maintenance workers dressed in supplied airsuits working on the x4 retriever system in building 707.
The rocky flats plant mission is the nonnuclear manufacturing of stainless steel and depleted uranium products in support of the weapons complex. subsequent to fy 1993, the primary mission will transition to environmental cleanup. contingency capacity for plutonium component manufacturing will be maintained. plutonium pit production and support operations were suspended in 1989 to improve maintenance, testing and operation of plutonium facilities and to make safety, environmental, and security improvements.
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