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China rapidly increasing nuclear weapon development, stockpile to cross 1,000 warheads
China has been significantly increasing its nuclear arsenal despite signing the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The report released by the staff of the Federat ...
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Plutonium-238 Production for Space Exploration
Beginning in the late 1950s, the U.S. met this challenge by developing nuclear batteries known as radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and producing plutonium-238 (Pu-238) as their fuel, ...
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Soviet Era Smoke Detector Torn Down, Revealing Plutonium
This, as he found out, isn’t something you should do lightly, as the one he used ended up containing an interesting mix of radioactive materials, including small amounts of plutonium-239 ...
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Leader of Japanese crime syndicate pleads guilty to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials to Iran
NEW YORK--The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges alleging that he conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran ...
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Utilities move to reduce plutonium stockpiles held overseas
Japan’s plutonium stockpiles in Britain and France totaled 21.8 tons and 15.4 tons, respectively, as of December 2020. Britain shut down its only M OX plant in 2011, which means it can no longer ...