![Julio Cortez A general view shows the Pantex Plant, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Panhandle, Texas. The plant was briefly shut down during the early part of the Smokehouse Creek Fire on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Climate change increasingly threatens research laboratories, weapons sites and power plants across the nation that handle or are contaminated with radioactive material or perform critical energy and defense research. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6917f90cf913459bab9dcf9df75b1f0c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A general view shows the Pantex Plant, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Panhandle, Texas. The plant was briefly shut down during the early part of the Smokehouse Creek Fire on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Climate change increasingly threatens research laboratories, weapons sites and power plants across the nation that handle or are contaminated with radioactive material or perform critical energy and defense research. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
![Jackie Johnston FILE - Burnt grass is seen after a wildfire near the Fast Flux Test Reactor on the Hanford nuclear reservation near Richland, Wash., June 30, 2000. Climate climate change increasingly threatens research laboratories, weapons sites and power plants across the nation that handle or are contaminated with radioactive material or perform critical energy and defense research. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1e1ed0c787d942d5beec707db0728a14/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Burnt grass is seen after a wildfire near the Fast Flux Test Reactor on the Hanford nuclear reservation near Richland, Wash., June 30, 2000. Climate climate change increasingly threatens research laboratories, weapons sites and power plants across the nation that handle or are contaminated with radioactive material or perform critical energy and defense research. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston, File)
![Julio Cortez A general view shows an entrance to the Pantex Plant, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Panhandle, Texas. The plant was briefly shut down during the early part of the Smokehouse Creek Fire on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Climate change increasingly threatens research laboratories, weapons sites and power plants across the nation that handle or are contaminated with radioactive material or perform critical energy and defense research. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/687d00eed22a48ef9abf17b9254f0d57/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A general view shows an entrance to the Pantex Plant, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Panhandle, Texas. The plant was briefly shut down during the early part of the Smokehouse Creek Fire on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Climate change increasingly threatens research laboratories, weapons sites and power plants across the nation that handle or are contaminated with radioactive material or perform critical energy and defense research. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
![Julio Cortez A general view shows the Pantex Plant, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Panhandle, Texas. The plant was briefly shut down during the early part of the Smokehouse Creek Fire on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Climate change increasingly threatens research laboratories, weapons sites and power plants across the nation that handle or are contaminated with radioactive material or perform critical energy and defense research. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c636902b2c584a53ba27179ea021f9bc/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A general view shows the Pantex Plant, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Panhandle, Texas. The plant was briefly shut down during the early part of the Smokehouse Creek Fire on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Climate change increasingly threatens research laboratories, weapons sites and power plants across the nation that handle or are contaminated with radioactive material or perform critical energy and defense research. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)