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

Further, reprocessing - the separation of uranium and plutonium from irradiated nuclear fuel - is extremely expensive, poses a security threat and contaminates the environment. Send a message to the Department of Energy (DOE) opposing …

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This statement was presented by Leonor Tomero, director for nuclear nonproliferation, at the Department of Energy’s December 9 hearing on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). …

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Among the 42 countries with fissionable material, 22 have facilities as part of their civilian nuclear energy program, either to produce highly-enriched uranium or to separate plutonium, and facilities in 13 countries are active.68 Thus …

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To make bomb material from plutonium from power reactors requires isotope separation and enrichment. If a country has the capability of doing separation and enrichment, it can make a bomb from uranium, which is an easier material to …

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She is pro-rector of the Central State Institute for Chief Executive Training of Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corp, secretary of the Expert Council for Accounting Methodology of Rosatom, a member of the Committee on International …

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Alpha-emitting radionuclides, such as plutonium, polonium, radon, radium and uranium, are naturally occurring compounds that emit alpha radiation when they decay, according to Kathy Mihm, a geologist with S.S. Papadopoulos and …

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Unlike nuclear energy, a malfunction won’t turn into a disaster that could kill thousands of people with radiation and cancer. Wind turbines also don’t produce plutonium waste, a substance so toxic that micrograms of it will kill a …

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Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: Comments for Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP): “As nuclear terrorism remains one of the gravest threat to U.S. security, …

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Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes. This blog covers political and economic news about nuclear energy and nonproliferation issues. December 12, 2008. Idaho Falls stands up for Areva. NRC public meeting is rally point for ‘Eagle Rock’ uranium …

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