Cosmic Crash Fallout? Scientists Uncover Unprecedented Plutonium in Southern Glaciers
Scientists at IFJ PAN discovered significant differences in plutonium isotope accumulation between hemispheres, with unique ...
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Government plans more plutonium at Livermore Lab for nuclear arsenal as advocacy groups push back
In a notice of intent posted earlier this month, the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration ...
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Radioactive Plutonium In Sahara Dust Came From An Unexpected Source
The results suggest that the radioactive dust originated in Algeria's Reggane region, but its plutonium levels didn't match ...
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UK unveils plan to bury world's largest plutonium stockpile
The United Kingdom plans to bury radioactive waste from a former nuclear power plant in a designated nuclear burial site. The process will involve transforming plutonium into a form similar to ceramic ...
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UK plans to bury 140 tons of radioactive plutonium in deep nuclear graveyard
A major policy shift towards the long-term safety and security of Britain’s civil-separated, 140-ton-strong plutonium stockpile has been announced by the UK government. Such an initiative has been ...
UK to dispose of radioactive plutonium stockpile
The government says it will dispose of its 140 tonnes of radioactive plutonium - currently stored at a secure facility at Sellafield in Cumbria. The UK has the world's largest stockpile of the ...
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Plutonium lockdown: how the UK plans to secure its nuclear stockpile
The current idea is to vitrify the plutonium – bake it into a ceramic glass, like material – and bury it 1000 metres below in a geological disposal facility (GDF). However, the UK currently possesses ...
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UK opts for disposal of plutonium inventory
The UK government has decided that the UK’s stockpile of some 140 tonnes of civil plutonium will be immobilised ...
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Aiken City Council finishes spending plutonium settlement funds
Aiken City Council has spent the last of the $25 million the city received from the state's settlement with the Department of Energy over plutonium stored at the Savannah River Site. The city ...
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Plutonium piles up as plant is delayed
The Rokkasho reprocessing plant is intended to separate plutonium from spent fuel for reuse as fuel. Company president Kenji Kudo told reporters at the company’s headquarters in Aomori, in northern ...
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UK to dispose of radioactive plutonium stockpile
140 tonnes of plutonium is currently being stored at Sellafield, the nuclear site in Cumbria The government says it will dispose of its 140 tonnes of radioactive plutonium - currently stored at a ...
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UK to dispose of radioactive plutonium stockpile
The government says it will dispose of its 140 tonnes of radioactive plutonium - currently stored at a secure facility at Sellafield in Cumbria. The UK has the world's largest stockpile of the ...