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{{for-multi|photography company|Pentax|the South Korean company|Pantech}} | {{for-multi|photography company|Pentax|the South Korean company|Pantech}} | ||
{{Short description|U.S. nuclear weapons assembly facility}} | {{Short description|U.S. nuclear weapons assembly facility}} | ||
{{Organization | |||
|OrganizationName= Pantex Plant | |||
|OrganizationType= Government Corporations (Sub-organization) | |||
|Mission= Pantex maintains the safety, security, and reliability of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile by assembling, disassembling, and modifying nuclear weapons, managing high explosives, and storing plutonium pits. | |||
|OrganizationExecutive= Manager | |||
|Employees= 3300 | |||
|Budget= | |||
|Website= https://pantex.energy.gov | |||
|Services= Nuclear Weapons Assembly/Disassembly; High Explosives Manufacturing; Plutonium Pit Storage; Life Extension Programs | |||
|ParentOrganization= National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), U.S. Department of Energy | |||
|CreationLegislation= | |||
|Regulations= | |||
|HeadquartersLocation= 35.315720, -101.561220 | |||
|HeadquartersAddress= 16181 National Road, Amarillo, TX 79120 | |||
}} | |||
'''Pantex''' is the primary United States [[nuclear weapon]]s assembly and disassembly facility that aims to maintain the safety, security and reliability of the [[Nuclear weapons of the United States|U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile]].<ref name="Gross">{{cite journal|last1=Gross|first1=Daniel A.|title=An Aging Army|journal=Distillations|date=2016|volume=2|issue=1|pages=26–36|url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/an-aging-army|access-date=22 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Pantex Plant |url=http://www.pantex.com/about |website=www.pantex.com}}</ref> The facility is named for its location in the [[Texas Panhandle|Panhandle of Texas]] on a {{convert|16000|acre|sqmi km2|adj=on}} site {{convert|20|mi|km}} northeast of [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]], in [[Carson County, Texas]]. The plant is managed and operated for the [[United States Department of Energy]] (DOE) by [[Consolidated Nuclear Security]] (CNS) and [[Sandia National Laboratories]]. CNS is composed of member companies [[Bechtel]], [[Leidos]], [[Orbital ATK]], and [[Day & Zimmermann|SOC]], with [[Booz Allen Hamilton]] as a teaming subcontractor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://cns-llc.us/about|title=About|website=CNS – Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC|access-date=2017-09-09}}</ref> CNS also operates the [[Y-12 National Security Complex]] in Tennessee, a manufacturing facility for nuclear weapons components.<ref name=":0" /> | '''Pantex''' is the primary United States [[nuclear weapon]]s assembly and disassembly facility that aims to maintain the safety, security and reliability of the [[Nuclear weapons of the United States|U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile]].<ref name="Gross">{{cite journal|last1=Gross|first1=Daniel A.|title=An Aging Army|journal=Distillations|date=2016|volume=2|issue=1|pages=26–36|url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/an-aging-army|access-date=22 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Pantex Plant |url=http://www.pantex.com/about |website=www.pantex.com}}</ref> The facility is named for its location in the [[Texas Panhandle|Panhandle of Texas]] on a {{convert|16000|acre|sqmi km2|adj=on}} site {{convert|20|mi|km}} northeast of [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]], in [[Carson County, Texas]]. The plant is managed and operated for the [[United States Department of Energy]] (DOE) by [[Consolidated Nuclear Security]] (CNS) and [[Sandia National Laboratories]]. CNS is composed of member companies [[Bechtel]], [[Leidos]], [[Orbital ATK]], and [[Day & Zimmermann|SOC]], with [[Booz Allen Hamilton]] as a teaming subcontractor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://cns-llc.us/about|title=About|website=CNS – Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC|access-date=2017-09-09}}</ref> CNS also operates the [[Y-12 National Security Complex]] in Tennessee, a manufacturing facility for nuclear weapons components.<ref name=":0" /> | ||