Plutonium is stored at Kansas City Plant, according to Department of Energy report

According to a 1994 Department of Energy report, 10 “packages” of plutonium totaling 1.2 grams of the highly radioactive element are stored at the Kansas City Plant.

The report contradicts longtime assurances from the plant’s owner, Honeywell, and government agencies including the National Nuclear Security Administration, the General Services Administration and EPA Region 7 that the Kansas City Plant manufactures only non-nuclear parts for nuclear weapons.

The report, Plutonium Working Group Report on Environmental, Safety and Health Vulnerabilities Associated With the Department’s Plutonium Storage, Volume 1, was obtained by the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Miller Nichols Library via inter-library loan.