Pantex Deterrence completes final B61-12 nuclear bomb ahead of schedule, marking a key milestone in U.S. nuclear modernization.

Pantex has completed the first B61-13 nuclear bomb unit just months after the B61-12’s finale, marking a major step in U.S. weapons modernization.

AMARILLO, Texas — Workers at Pantex have completed the first of the latest version of nuclear gravity bombs, the B61-13, 11 months ahead of schedule. Government ...

Pantex Deterrence completes final B61-12 nuclear bomb ahead of schedule, marking a key milestone in U.S. nuclear modernization.

The National Nuclear Security Administration announced on May 19, 2025, that production of the first B61-13 variant nuclear bomb has been completed at the Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas.

A major fire has consumed more than 90,000 acres and is burning out of control northwest of Amarillo, Texas. The fire is also a short distance from the Department of Energy’s infamous Pantex Plant.

The near miss accident occurred in Amarillo, when workers at the Pantex nuclear weapons plant bungled the dismantling of a W-56 warhead, a weapon 100 times stronger than the atomic bomb dropped on ...

The last of the nation's most powerful nuclear bombs has been taken apart in Texas. Technicians at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo removed the uranium Tuesday from the last of the nation's largest ...

Pantex is about 17 miles (27.36 kilometers) northeast of Amarillo and some 320 miles (515 kilometers) northwest of Dallas. ... It assembled the last new bomb in 1991. open image in gallery.

The final components of the B53 bomb will be broken down Tuesday at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas, the nation's only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility.

Y-12 in Oak Ridge processes and stores uranium and lithium to modernize parts of existing nuclear weapons, while Pantex, located outside Amarillo, is the only U.S. facility authorized to assemble ...