The United States and the United Kingdom Cooperate on Ridding Russia of...

U.S. Newswire;  January 26, 2005 ;     364 words ......shutdown of the final operating weapons grade plutonium production reactor in the closed nuclear...20M to NNSA's Elimination of Weapons Grade Plutonium Production Program (EWGPP). NNSA Assistant...one less source of nuclear weapons grade plutonium in the world." The EWGPP will ...

AFTER FRUSTRATION, SEN. DOMENICI WELCOMES PROGRESS ON U.S.-RUSSIA...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 19, 2007 ;     421 words ......convert at least 34 tons of weapons grade plutonium into a form unusable in weapons from...metric tons of Russian surplus weapons-grade plutonium. On September 17, Energy Secretary...increase the American share of weapons-grade plutonium by 9 metric tons, bringing the United...

Left's turn on nuclear deal not the right course

The Hindustan Times;  March 3, 2006 ;     514 words ......arsenal, rather than the credible minimum deterrent it vowed to pursue...for reprocessing weapons grade plutonium, without disrupting its...reactors to make weapons grade plutonium because it probably has...have- a stock of weapons grade plutonium to make 80 odd ...

India to maintain credible minimum deterrent: PM

Xinhua News Agency;  June 24, 2004 ;     280 words ...India to maintain credible minimum deterrent: PM NEW DELHI, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime...Manmohan Singh said Thursday his country will maintain a "credible minimum nuclear deterrent" with a "no first use" policy as India...

Protesters prepare for chase as plutonium ships near UK

Belfast Telegraph;  September 30, 2004 ;   John Lichfield in Paris;   460 words ......as two ships loaded with weapons- grade plutonium approach the Channel in the next few...campaigners say that the movement of weapons-grade plutonium half the way around the world in this...portion of the 34 tons of excess weapons grade plutonium which the US must dispose of as ...

RUSSIA WILL PROLONG PRODUCTION OF WEAPONS GRADE PLUTONIUM

A&G Information Services;  September 10, 2001 ;     139 words ...A&G Information Services 09-10-2001 RUSSIA WILL PROLONG PRODUCTION OF WEAPONS GRADE PLUTONIUM ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, SEP 9, 2001 (A&G News via COMTEX) -- Russia will discontinue production on the last three reactors by...

ENERGY: GREENS/EFA SEMINAR LOOKS AT THE RISKS OF PLUTONIUM RECYCLING.

European Report;  January 22, 2003 ;     658 words ......opposed to the reprocessing of weapons grade plutonium, primarily for one reason, the risks...creation of large stockpiles of Weapons-grade Plutonium (WgPu). One can reasonable imagine...to justify the recycling of weapons grade plutonium, or indeed civil plutonium (generated...

U.S., Russia agree on details of plutonium disposal plan

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  November 20, 2007 ;   H. Josef Hebert Associated Press;   723 words ......34 metric tons of Russian weapons- grade plutonium, overcoming a major hurdle in a joint...of a significant amount of weapons grade plutonium in Russia," said Bodman in a separate...cover only a fraction of the weapons-grade plutonium both countries possess. The United...

White House Fact Sheet on the Disposition of United States and Russian...

U.S. Newswire;  July 21, 2000 ;     385 words ......STATES AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION WEAPON- GRADE PLUTONIUM The G-8 today took an important step...management and disposition of weapon- grade plutonium withdrawn from their respective nuclear...total of 68 metric tons of weapon-grade plutonium declared excess to U.S. and Russian...

Russian Government Approves Plutonium Deal With U.S.

Xinhua News Agency;  July 20, 2000 ;     170 words ......side to withdraw 34 tons of weapons-grade plutonium from use. Under the agreement, the...required for reprocessing weapons- grade plutonium and dismantling nuclear reactors...remove at least two tons of weapons-grade plutonium from use annually. Reprocessed plutonium...

U.S. Signs Contract As Part of Effort to Permanently Shut Down Plutonium...

U.S. Newswire;  December 20, 2004 ;     434 words ......permanently shut down the last three weapons-grade plutonium production reactors in Russia, the...in the NNSA Elimination of Weapons Grade Plutonium Production (EWGPP) Program and a key...halting the production of new weapons-grade plutonium. "I am pleased we have reached the...

FLOATING TIMEBOMB; NUCLEAR SHIP TO PASS 80 MILES OFF IRELAND People here...

The Mirror (London, England);  September 30, 2004 ;     591 words ......NEIL COTTER A FLOTILLA of nuclear ships packed with weapons grade plutonium - dubbed the Floating Bombs - will pass within 80 MILES...vocal than it has been in the past. The thought that weapons grade plutonium will be passing within 80 miles of the Irish coast is enough...

Last of Plutonium Leaves Colo. Facility

AP Online;  August 20, 2003 ;   JON SARCHE, Associated Press Writer;   435 words ......last of more than 12 tons of weapons- grade plutonium left at Rocky Flats, marking a milestone...371 in the background where weapons grade plutonium was stored. Crews finished removing the last of more than 12 tons of weapons-grade plutonium left at Rocky Flats, marking a milestone...

North Korea will reactivate lab that could be used to extract...

AP Worldstream;  December 27, 2002 ;     104 words ......Friday it will reactivate a nuclear lab where U.N. officials say spent fuel rods can be reprocessed to extract weapons- grade plutonium, South Korea's official news agency reported. In a letter sent to the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, North...

Last of weapons-grade plutonium removed from Rocky Flats nuclear site in...

AP Worldstream;  August 20, 2003 ;   JON SARCHE, Associated Press Writer;   257 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: GOLDEN, Colorado Crews have finished removing the last of more than 12 tons of weapons- grade plutonium left at Rocky Flats, marking a milestone in a $7 billion cleanup of the former nuclear weapons site that closed in 1989...