由于设施老化、安全问题和劳动力紧张,洛斯阿拉莫斯实验室在核矿坑生产方面落在后面。 Los Alamos Lab falls behind on nuclear pit production due to aging facilities, safety issues, and workforce strain.

Los Alamos国家实验室正在努力实现美国的核现代化目标,尽管2026年的目标是每年30个,但到2024年底,只有1个钚坑获准储存。 Los Alamos National Laboratory is struggling to meet U.S. nuclear modernization goals, with only one plutonium pit approved for the stockpile by late 2024 despite a 2026 target of 30 annually. 该实验室在老化的PF-4设施中运作,面临经常性放射性污染、设备故障、电梯停电迫使人工处理核材料,以及2018年以来劳动力增加50%的过度拥挤问题。 Operating in the aging PF-4 facility, the lab faces recurring radioactive contamination, equipment failures, elevator outages forcing manual handling of nuclear materials, and overcrowding from a 50% workforce increase since 2018. 联邦官员在对安全、效率和延后进行17万亿美元现代化努力的担忧下,启动了领导审查,翻修工作因所谓的“飞行过度”设施的持续运作而复杂化。 Federal officials have launched leadership reviews amid concerns over safety, efficiency, and delays in a $1.7 trillion modernization effort, with renovations complicated by ongoing operations in a facility described as being "overhauled in flight."