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

The disused plutonium reactors at Sellafield are a ’slow-motion Chernobyl’, according to Greenpeace campaigners against nuclear energy. Last week the government announced plans for a new generation of nuclear plants. …

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But the condition of edifices such as B30 and B38 - and all the other “legacy” structures built at Sellafield decades ago - suggest Britain might end up paying a heavy price for this new commitment to nuclear energy. …

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There may still be a few bugs that need to be worked out, but nuclear energy is a good alternative in the years to come. With the ever-growing need for energy comes the astonishing supply of uranium and plutonium needed to provide the …

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(they claimed it was a satellite launch that was successful) and have now re started their nuclear energy program which produces plutonium as a response to the UN’s disaproval of the launch. i dunno, seems like the kind of thing wars …

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The claim that this fuel is reused or recycled is extremely misleading and in most cases false and no reprocessing facilities exist in the U.S. The half-life of this spent fuel is 24000 years for Plutonium 239, a byproduct of nuclear …

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The disused plutonium reactors at Sellafield are a ’slow-motion Chernobyl’, according to Greenpeace campaigners against nuclear energy. Photograph: Robert Brook/Alamy/AlamyBuilding B30 is a large, stained, concrete edifice that stands …

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Newt is approximately right, but I am concerned about the globalized use of nuclear energy. When they started these reactors they said they would defer the problem of waste to the future. Here we are, thinking of expanding its use without … I read about a pond somewhere out in Washington State where they put plutonium from making a bombs. It was dispersed in the sediment. Someone put gold fish in the pond and before you knew it there were 60000 of them over a foot long. …

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International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei said earlier this week that North Korea could restart its nuclear facilities within months, which would allow it to produce weapons-grade plutonium. …

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Nuclear weapons require highly enriched uranium or plutonium, and producing either material requires a sophisticated infrastructure. While most countries could certainly develop the capabilities needed to produce these materials, the vast majority clearly have no intention of … Fact: If nuclear energy is not cost effective, that is a decision to be best made by those in the nuclear energy industry, not politicians or former politicians pretending to be climatologists. …

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North Korea says it has stopped disablement at its nuclear reactor and will consider restoring its plutonium-producing facility in a show of anger over Washington’s failure to remove it from the US list of terror sponsors.

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