Robert Del Tredici - At Work in the Fields of the Bomb
12. Pantex Nuclear Weapons Final Assembly Plant
Pantex, America's only nuclear weapons final-assembly plant, receives parts from facilities throughout the U.S., in some 120 subassemblies made up of about 2,000 separate pieces. Pantex provides 2,700 jobs. It is Amarillo's largest employer. Carson County, Texas. August 19, 1982.
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