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

Almost all of my diaries here have been on energy, specifically nuclear energy. I have written exactly one candidate diary in my tenure here, about the North Dakota primary. Moreover, I am not writing many diaries at all these days. …

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The development of fast reactors to breed plutonium failed in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan. I would argue it failed in the Soviet Union despite the fact that the Soviets operated two …

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Washington says that the Al Kibar site that Israel destroyed last year was a near-finished plutonium-producing reactor built with North Korean help, and that Damascus continues to hide linked facilities. Syria denies that. …

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… Syria with plutonium for nuclear weapons,” Hayden said, adding: “When pipes for a massive cooling system were laid out to the Euphrates River in the spring of 2007, there would have been little doubt this was a nuclear reactor.”…

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