UK plutonium cuts strategy 'in disarray' - scientists

BBC News | Nov. 25, 2009 (News Report)

It said the UK had no policy to deal with the deadly material, which was reclaimed from used nuclear fuel by reprocessing, because there are no UK reactors which can use it. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Glenn LaBauve - Nov 25, 2009 - 7:09 PM PST
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Edited by: Glenn LaBauve - Nov 25, 2009 - 7:12 PM PST

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This is enough PU to make nearly 10,000 warheads using WWII technology. Britian has always been the quiet nuclear power.

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