Did you know that most of the United States' nuclear arsenal has passed through Texas?
Whether it's the assembly of a nuclear weapon, the disassembly of one that's being retired, or just routine maintenance, the Most of the nuclear stockpile in the United States has passed through the state of Texas at one point or another. The Pantex plant in Amarillo, built during World War II, has handled the weapons since the early days of the Cold War.
The plant was initially a place for the weapons to be assembled, but after the Cold War ended, it transitioned to a site for disassembly and maintenance.Sign up for NBC DFW newsletters"All those surplus weapons from the Cold War era have either been taken apart or are sitting waiting to be taken apart," Dylan Spaulding, a senior scientist in the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said."And Pentax is the only place that does that.
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