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

In Chernobyl, the site of the accident with the worst consequences in the entire history of nuclear energy, the Ukrainian Government, which is not anti-nuclear power, issued a decree creating a 30-kilometre exclusion zone around the …

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North Korea is harvesting weapons grade plutonium from its nuclear facilities and made the announcement official. This is just another step in the escalation of the nuclear situation they are in a perfect example of how it can take place … Doesn’t it seem somewhat hypocritical to expand nuclear energy but only in the countries where we think it is okay? The money spent on developing cost-effective forms of alternative energy would result in saving hundreds of billions …

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Nuclear energy is an important source of energy in the United States, supplying approximately 20% of the nation’s electricity and over 70% of our clean, non-carbon electricity. In FY 2008, the Department and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory … Threat of Proliferation: The Department is overseeing the construction of a fossil fuel plant in Russia to replace energy production from the existing plutonium production reactor. The targeted completion for FY 2008 was 62.6%. …

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In other words, I am not necessarily a strong advocate of large scale reprocessing as the only way to make better use of the energy potential of uranium and plutonium. My use of the term “recycling” is not just a branding exercise …

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A proposed type of nuclear reactor called a traveling wave reactor is claimed, if it were to be built, to be able to be fueled by nuclear waste, and to be able to operate for 200 years without needing any refueling. Also It is undeniable that storing nuclear … Used nuclear fuel contains uranium, transuranic elements (plutonium and other long-lived radioactive material) and fission products. The fission products are waste and make up less than 5 percent of the used fuel. …

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A nuclear reactor Mr Kim was secretly building for Syria, one ideally sized for producing plutonium for bombs, was destroyed by Israel in 2007 just before its completion. Some reports say the Kang Nam 1 is carrying missile parts; …

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North Korea, which is thought to possess between five and seven nuclear bombs, recently restarted its main nuclear reactor, which is capable of reprocessing spent fuel rods used in the production of weapons-grade plutonium. …

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