Keywords: Pantex plant aeriel unknown data.jpg en View of the Pantex Plant Zone 11 Pantex Plant is located in Carson County 17 miles northeast of downtown Amarillo Texas The Pantex Plant facility consists of 10 177 acres owned by the Department of Energy DOE The Plant missions are the fabrication of chemical explosives for nuclear weapons assembly of nuclear weapons for the nation's stockpile maintenance and evaluation of nuclear weapons in the stockpile disassembly of nuclear weapons being retired from the stockpile demilitarization and sanitization of weapon components from dismantlement activities and interim storage of plutonium components from retired weapons Pantex is composed of several functional areas commonly referred to as numbered zones These zones include an area for experimental explosive development Zone 11 United States Department of Health Center for Disease Control CDC http //www fas org/irp/imint/doe_pantex_11_1 htm http //www cdc gov/niosh/oerp/images/Pantex/pantex1 jpg Unknown photographer photo obtained from CDC website 1983-06 other versions PD-USGov Pantex Plant |