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

When operational, it will recycle excess weapons-grade plutonium into MOX fuel for nuclear power plants, providing clean, carbon-free nuclear energy–contributing to the reduction in nuclear weapons stockpiles worldwide. …

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Glenn Seaborg, Nobel Laureate, co-discoverer of plutonium, advisor to US Presidents, writes in the Foreword that the book, “presents in vivid, human terms many of the young scientists and engineers who first harnessed this primal …

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Chuenchom and Sarinee recall seeing the gruesome rows of thick concrete pipes containing spent plutonium surrounded by armed around-the-clock security guards. For the ”waste”, if stolen, could be reprocessed (”enriched”) and turned …

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In reprocessing, fissionable uranium-235 and plutonium are separated from the high-level fission products. The plutonium can be used to make mixed-oxide fuel, which is currently used to produce electrical power in 35 European nuclear …

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It also results in the separation of plutonium, creating nuclear security problems. Pro-nuclear sources disagree, of course. Storing spent fuel “is a political rather than a technical problem,” Perera said. “One coal mine produces a …

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This limit is why the nuclear establishment has long believed nuclear energy will need to be based on man-made plutonium. But plutonium-fueled breeder reactors can explode like atomic bombs. Kay Drey, a board member of Beyond Nuclear, …

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The catch is getting the plutonium, which only occurs naturally in minute quantities. You need a nuclear reactor powered by uranium to make plutonium. Before that you have to mine the uranium, purify it, and then get rid of most of the …

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TVA is considering using the nuclear fuel, which is manufactured in part from surplus weapons-grade plutonium, at its Sequoyah units 1 & 2, Browns Ferry 1 & 2, and at possible future nuclear generation projects. …

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-Most nuclear waste has a natural disposal location: back in a nuclear reactor. The vast majority of nuclear “waste” can be reprocessed and used again in a reactor. When you burn nuclear waste down to its most unusable components you’re … If you don’t count insanely designed reactors run by corrupt communist regimes and designed to crank out weapons grade plutonium (Chernobyl) then the record of nuclear power is arguably better than any other base loan power producer …

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Asked by a reporter what specific steps North Korea must take, Clinton indicated the steps include dismantling its main nuclear reactor at Yongbyon and surrendering its plutonium stockpile. The particular details of required actions are …

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