Posted on Feb 1, 2023
Kansas City’s role in making doomsday weapons is a boon for the local economy
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Kansas City is deeply involved in remaking the warheads that stock the U.S. nuclear arsenal. A plant on the southern edge of the city makes most of the non-nuclear parts for nuclear weapons. That plant is expanding rapidly, spreading billions of federal dollars around the metropolitan area.
To re-arm the United States for Armageddon — or the display of brute, nuclear strength needed to stave it off — it turns out you need to sort out the parking problem.
But America’s in a hurry to replace old nuclear warheads before they turn into duds, or something radioactively worse. So it’s leaning on shuttles to bring in the workers it can’t get enough of to this plant on the south edge of Kansas City.
The Kansas City National Security Campus runs 24/7 making 80% of the non-nuclear parts for nuclear weapons. It needs to run faster.
To re-arm the United States for Armageddon — or the display of brute, nuclear strength needed to stave it off — it turns out you need to sort out the parking problem.
But America’s in a hurry to replace old nuclear warheads before they turn into duds, or something radioactively worse. So it’s leaning on shuttles to bring in the workers it can’t get enough of to this plant on the south edge of Kansas City.
The Kansas City National Security Campus runs 24/7 making 80% of the non-nuclear parts for nuclear weapons. It needs to run faster.
Kansas City’s role in making doomsday weapons is a boon for the local economy
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."McCabe says the KCNSC is one of its biggest donors, in for more than $50,000 a year. It also pays its engineers to mentor these urban core high school students. And she says the plant offers jobs with starting wages that can reach $35 an hour, for people with a high school education. And room for advancement.
“One hundred percent a path out of poverty,” McCabe said. “And not only for the individual but for their family.”
The job requires careful attention to detail, U.S. citizenship, and a clean enough record to gain a U.S. Department of Energy security clearance. With that in hand, local kids can make a middle-class living making parts for some of the most deadly weapons on Earth."
..."McCabe says the KCNSC is one of its biggest donors, in for more than $50,000 a year. It also pays its engineers to mentor these urban core high school students. And she says the plant offers jobs with starting wages that can reach $35 an hour, for people with a high school education. And room for advancement.
“One hundred percent a path out of poverty,” McCabe said. “And not only for the individual but for their family.”
The job requires careful attention to detail, U.S. citizenship, and a clean enough record to gain a U.S. Department of Energy security clearance. With that in hand, local kids can make a middle-class living making parts for some of the most deadly weapons on Earth."
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