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{{Use American English|date=December 2022}}
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|OrganizationName=Kansas City National Security Campus
[[File:Logo of the Kansas City National Security Campus.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|Color logo of the Kansas City National Security Campus]]
|OrganizationType=Government Corporations (Sub-organization)
 
|Mission=KCNSC supports the U.S. nuclear deterrent by manufacturing and procuring non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons, ensuring their safety, security, and reliability, and providing technical services in support of national defense.
|ParentOrganization=National Nuclear Security Administration
|TopOrganization=Department of Energy
|Employees=7000
|Budget=$1.366 billion [2025 FY]
|OrganizationExecutive=Manager
|Services=Manufacturing Non-Nuclear Components; Technical Services; Environmental Testing; Simulation and Analysis
|HeadquartersLocation=38.86349, -94.55291
|HeadquartersAddress=14520 Botts Road, Kansas City, MO 64147
|Website=https://kcnsc.doe.gov
}}
The '''Kansas City National Security Campus''' ('''KCNSC'''), formerly known as the '''Kansas City Plant''', is a [[National Nuclear Security Administration]] (NNSA) facility managed and operated by [[Honeywell|Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies]] that manufactures "80 percent of non-nuclear components that go into [[US nuclear arsenal|the [United States] nuclear stockpile]]."<ref>{{cite Q|Q102105526}}<!-- Nuclear Security Mission -->.</ref>
The '''Kansas City National Security Campus''' ('''KCNSC'''), formerly known as the '''Kansas City Plant''', is a [[National Nuclear Security Administration]] (NNSA) facility managed and operated by [[Honeywell|Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies]] that manufactures "80 percent of non-nuclear components that go into [[US nuclear arsenal|the [United States] nuclear stockpile]]."<ref>{{cite Q|Q102105526}}<!-- Nuclear Security Mission -->.</ref>


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==History==
==History==
The plant traces its history to the [[Pratt & Whitney]] plant dedicated by then Senator [[Harry S. Truman]] in 1942, which manufactured [[Pratt & Whitney R-2800|Double Wasp]] engines during [[World War II]]. In 1949 the [[United States Atomic Energy Commission|Atomic Energy Commission]] commissioned the [[Bendix Corporation]] (specifically, the [[Bendix Aviation Corporation]]) to build the non-nuclear components of nuclear warheads there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://honeywell.com/sites/aero-kcp/About-Us/Pages/mission-history.aspx |title=Mission & History – Kansas City Plant |publisher=Honeywell |access-date=August 16, 2014 }}</ref> Bendix became [[AlliedSignal]] in 1983 and eventually [[Honeywell]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcnsc.doe.gov/missions/history|title=About Us – Honeywell History |publisher=Honeywell.com |access-date=August 16, 2014 }}</ref> Workers at the site are represented by the [[International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers]] (IAMAW).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Bischak |first=Greg |editor-last1=Dumas |editor-first1=Lloyd J. |editor-last2=Thee |editor-first2=Marek |encyclopedia=Making Peace Possible: The Promise of Economic Conversion |title=Facing the Second Generation of the Nuclear Weapons Complex: Renewal of the Nuclear Production Base or Economic Conversion? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=brijBQAAQBAJ |access-date=March 20, 2022 |date=1989 |publisher=Pergamon Press |series=Peace Research Monograph |volume=19 |isbn=0-08-037252X |page=118 }}</ref>
The plant traces its history to the [[Pratt & Whitney]] plant dedicated by then Senator Harry S. Truman in 1942, which manufactured [[Pratt & Whitney R-2800|Double Wasp]] engines during [[World War II]]. In 1949 the [[United States Atomic Energy Commission|Atomic Energy Commission]] commissioned the [[Bendix Corporation]] (specifically, the [[Bendix Aviation Corporation]]) to build the non-nuclear components of nuclear warheads there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://honeywell.com/sites/aero-kcp/About-Us/Pages/mission-history.aspx |title=Mission & History – Kansas City Plant |publisher=Honeywell |access-date=August 16, 2014 }}</ref> Bendix became [[AlliedSignal]] in 1983 and eventually [[Honeywell]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcnsc.doe.gov/missions/history|title=About Us – Honeywell History |publisher=Honeywell.com |access-date=August 16, 2014 }}</ref> Workers at the site are represented by the [[International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers]] (IAMAW).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Bischak |first=Greg |editor-last1=Dumas |editor-first1=Lloyd J. |editor-last2=Thee |editor-first2=Marek |encyclopedia=Making Peace Possible: The Promise of Economic Conversion |title=Facing the Second Generation of the Nuclear Weapons Complex: Renewal of the Nuclear Production Base or Economic Conversion? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=brijBQAAQBAJ |access-date=March 20, 2022 |date=1989 |publisher=Pergamon Press |series=Peace Research Monograph |volume=19 |isbn=0-08-037252X |page=118 }}</ref>


==Kansas City National Security Campus==
==Kansas City National Security Campus==
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