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Plutonium is a heavy, radioactive, man-made, metallic element used in the production of nuclear energy.

“The decision to accelerate the nuclear-energy program had been taken in 1974,” Zhores Medvedev explains, “when the international price of oil rose sharply and export demand increased. Oil became the main source of foreign exchange …

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