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

Thursday, October 8th the Esperanza Peace & Justice center continues the Other and Out & Beyond film series with a day on nuclear energy and the devastating effects of uranium mining, nuclear waste and contamination. …

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Plutonium can be found in every Nuclear power-plant. Plutonium is actually the byproduct of creating nuclear energy and actually can create energy itself. Using one kilogram of PU-239 can create 10K Kilo Watt hours of electricity. …

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SIEM REAP, Cambodia (Reuters) - Japan said on Saturday it had been assured by military-ruled Myanmar that it was not developing nuclear weapons even though it was working with Russia on a nuclear energy program. Myanmar has remained tight- lipped about its … Academic researchers said in August Myanmar was building a secret nuclear reactor and plutonium facility in caves tunneled into a mountain, citing intelligence from two defectors. The defectors also said Myanmar, …

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Over the past decade, China has provided Pakistan with plutonium reactors and reprocessing technology to enable Pakistan to make lighter warheads for fitment on Chinese supplied ballistic and cruise missiles. … still remain valid, as the nuclear weapons states pay only lip service to nuclear disarmament, still insist on their right to use nuclear weapons against those who do not posses such weapons, and selectively deny technology for the development of nuclear energy. …

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… tells Al Jazeera that Iran is likely to be concealing more nuclear facilities and explains the ‘cat and mouse’ game involved in uncovering them. Al Jazeera: At what point does a country’s nuclear energy programme become a weapons programme? Wyn Bowen: … but most of the technology that goes into that -enriching uranium, putting in reactors or even potentially reprocessing plutonium - is relevant to developing material that can then be stuck into nuclear weapons. …

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Another question I had was whether the light-water reactor itself was a proliferation risk, especially since that reactor was associated with small-scale plutonium isolation experiments. … This is about the global non-proliferation regime , and Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear energy, just as all nations have it — but with that right, comes responsibilities. The burden of meeting these responsibilities lies with the Iranian government, and they are now the ones that …

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In 1955, Perez and Guirion met with the French to agree they would get a nuclear reactor if they fought against Egypt to control the Sinai and Suez Canal. That was the war of 1956. Eisenhower demanded that Israel leave the Sinai, … Today, they may have enough plutonium for ten bombs a year.” In 1963, Peres was Israel’s Deputy Minister of Defense and he lied to President Kennedy during a White House meeting. Kennedy told Peres, “You know that we follow very closely the …

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In 1981 Israel bombed the Iraqi nuclear reactor in 2007 launched a similar offensive against Syria. But there are indications that when it comes to Iran, the considerations of what should happen next cause for concern. …. The main reason for a possible Israeli attack on Iran is the possibility of Tehran gaining a quantity of uranium and plutonium, enough to manufacture a nuclear bomb. Does not allow the military doctrine of Israel to the availability of nuclear weapons …

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