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

Take, for instance, this recent piece from Leonor Tomero of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: “The Future of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership: Next Steps.” I believe that this article typifies the dangerous trend …

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Officials at Sofia’s Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, where the spent fuel had been stored since its reactor was shut down in 1989, claimed security had been beefed up in recent years, but the Institute was clearly …

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GPHSs are designed with safety in mind and employ Plutonium-238 pellets encased in iridium to generate alpha particles which are completely absorbed in the heat source to produce heat; thus, no special radiation shielding is necessary …

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Also clearly permitted would be the development, under safeguards, of plutonium fueled power reactors, including research on the properties of metallic plutonium, nor would Article II interfere with the development or use of fast …

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Pakistan begins operation of the 5MW research nuclear reactor at the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Research (PINSTECH). The research reactor facilitates research in the fields of agriculture, industry, medicine, …

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The 24 pins in the outer ring have thorium-plutonium as fuel, and the 30 pins in the inner and middle rings have thorium-uranium-233 as fuel. The plutonium pins are placed in the outer ring to minimize the plutonium requirement. …

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America’s first large-scale nuclear reactor was built in only 11 months. Most workers at the B reactor were clueless about what they were developing until the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Later, a headline in the local paper …

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It is now known than the crew of this SHERLOCC were killed by radiation when a stray shell pierced the containment chamber holding the plutonium rods for the nuclear reactor. The site was unapproachable for many years, and over time its …

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Especially given the fantastic promise of a perpetual nuclear reactor programme that is held out by the FBR and thorium reactors, detractors of the programme tend to dismiss it as a foolish dream. Indian scientists, however, say all …

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