Sentences with phrase «make nuclear weapons materials»

U.S. reprocessing would undermine the U.S. goal of halting the spread of fuel cycle technologies that are permitted under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty but can be used to make nuclear weapons materials.

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That plan should also include an agreement for the full accounting of all of Kim's atomic arms; a listing of all materials he can use to make additional nuclear weapons as well as a detailed accounting of North Korea's various offensive missiles.

The biggest problem is that Iran has previously insisted on refining nuclear material above 5 % at about 20 %, which is much closer to the nuclear weapons threshold, and consequently many observers believe that Iran is not building a power program, but a weapons program in spite of the fact that they are not yet making weapons.

Questions over safety, disposal of waste and the possibility that plants could make material suitable for weapons have slowed the spread of nuclear technology

Despite an admirable record and firm commitment to make safety a primary criterion in weapons design, production, handling, and deployment, and to ensure that nuclear material is protected against theft, there is growing apprehension about terrorists acquiring weapons or nuclear material.

The Bulletin's members at Thursday's press conference noted that leaders of nations equipped with nuclear weapons have expressed the desire to cooperate in reducing their arsenals and securing nuclear bomb - making material.

Just one ton of separated plutonium is enough material to make more than 120 crude nuclear weapons.

And even with such fast - neutron reactors, the amount of potentially worrisome material for making nuclear weapons does not change.

It's extremely difficult and costly to make weapons grade material from the used fuel from modern civilian nuclear power plants.

Worse, reprocessing would make it easier for terrorists to acquire nuclear weapons materials, and for nations to develop nuclear weapons programs.

There is no nuclear fuel cycle that can, on technical grounds alone, be made proliferation - proof against governments bent on siphoning off materials to make weapons.

It is almost impossible to make weapons material from the new nuclear power plants and it will be even more difficult in the future.

The widespread use and knowledge of uranium centrifuges makes natural uranium the preferred source of nuclear weapons material anyway.