Article: U.S.-Russian Nuclear Nonproliferation Program Eliminates 4,500 Warheads, USEC Report to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Says.

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BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2001

Success of Megatons to Megawatts Implementation Continues

In a report to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU), a private sector company that serves as the U.S. government's executive agent implementing the historic Megatons to Megawatts program, documented the continuing success of the $12 billion, 20-year program that converts Russian nuclear warhead material into fuel for nuclear power plants. The report states that, to date, the equivalent of more than 4,500 nuclear explosives have been eliminated by conversion to nuclear fuel, which is purchased by USEC at ...

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