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Plutonium Defined
An artificially produced element that is fissile and radioactive. It is created when an atom of uranium-238 captures a slow neutron in its nucleus.
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Humankind"™s push-pull approach to nuclear power controversy adds weight to proliferation menace
Published November 21, 2008, 9:28 am, Bellona Foundation
KALININGRAD/ST. PETERSBURG - Having put the frightening years of the Cold War behind it, the world has all but forgotten about the threat of nuclear proliferation – only to find itself staring right in the face of this ever escalating problem. While many politicians at least have the awareness to confront the issue and are finally advocating total nuclear disarmament, their noble goal may just ...
Lightning strike shuts down two nuke reactors
Published November 20, 2008, 1:14 pm, The Japan Times
FUKUI (Kyodo) Lightning struck an electric power cable Thursday at the nuclear plant in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, automatically shutting down operations at two reactors and causing a small amount to nonradioactive steam to leak inside one of them, prefectural officials said. A false alarm for a sodium coolant leak occurred at the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, ...
Secretary Chertoff's Remarks on Aviation Security Measures
Published November 18, 2008, 6:40 am, Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Chertoff discussed aviation security measures at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. on November 17, 2008.
Green group slams nuke plant rehab
Published November 17, 2008, 10:16 pm, Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines -- The environmentalist group Greenpeace expressed “strong opposition” to the rehabilitation and reopening of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), saying it would be “stacking one potential catastrophe over another.”
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Published November 17, 2008, 6:13 am, US News & World Report
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- Report: Safety not core value' at NIST : Science and Environment : Boulder Daily Camera: The National Institute of Standards and Technology doesn?t put a priority on safety and doesn?t give researchers and scientists the tools they need to be safe, according to a report released Friday by a blue-ribbon commission charged with analyzing the adequacy of NIST?s safety programs. U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez formed the commission in August after a plutonium spill June 9 on Boulder?s NIST campus. The commission?s report said the staff at NIST ?is eager, willing and ready to embrace a safety culture,? but that it needs leadership to make that happen.
- Availability of Plutonium by Decade: This is heavy, Doc.
Thu Nov 6
- North Korea's De-Nuclearizat ion and Britain's Nuclear 'Popcorning': Article details North Korea's revelations on its nuclear installations, the associated details and reaction by US administration . Article also narrates in brief, the history of US sanctions on North Korea. Britain's missile problems in the form of nuclear 'popcorni ng' and its catastrophic impact discussed. Views by a section of the media on the subject highlighted.
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- Whitehaven News: Public invited to debate the fate of plutonium stockpile: ONE of the most important factors in the future fate of Sellafield is to be the subject of a top-level debate next week. The debate as to whether the UK?s stockpile of plutonium ? most of which is held at Sellafield ? should be considered an asset or a liability could have a major impact on the economic future of region. The government, through the NDA, have yet to decide on what should be done with the stockpile, which is currently considered an asset of no value on their balance sheets.
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Fri Oct 10
- Whitehaven News: Nuclear shipments ban to go?: SELLAFIELD is one step away from having its ban on plutonium shipments lifted. The ban or prohibition notice was imposed in June after it was discovered that a shipment of the highly radioactive material from Sellafield to France failed to meet regulations. The embarrassment arose over a failure to comply with the Department of Transport?s certificate of ap
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- www.NCI.org - The Nuclear Control Institute, Washington DC: Explains the science and the danger in nuclear energy waste that could be used in bombs
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