Sentences with phrase «weapons grade plutonium»

For these three states, which have all reprocessed spent fuel to extract weapons grade plutonium, the situation is far more difficult.

In this agreement, both states committed to dispose of at least 34 metric tons of excess weapons grade plutonium, primarily as MOX fuel for light water reactors (LWR).

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The State Department's announcement came hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended a treaty with Washington on cleaning up weapons - grade plutonium over the US's «unfriendly acts.»

In order to build a nuclear weapon, the most important and difficult task is acquiring enough Uranium - 235 or Plutonium - 239 at weapons grade purity.

The U.K. is grappling with how to get rid of weapons - grade plutonium and may employ a novel reactor design to consume it

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On June 4, AAAS hosted a breakfast panel event on «downblending and disposal» as an option for weapons - grade plutonium disposition under the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement (PMDA plutonium disposition under the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement (PMDA Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement (PMDA [1]-RRB-.

The government has already spent about $ 4 billion on the project, Scott noted, which is supposed to help convert 34 metric tons of weapons - grade plutonium from the former Soviet Union and elsewhere into fuel pellets for commercial reactors.

After years of wrangling, the North Korean leadership agrees to stop making weapons - grade plutonium and to destroy its stockpiles.

In the past, Russia has been reluctant to accept disposition options that do not degrade the isotopic distribution of the plutonium from weapons - grade to reactor - grade, including vitrification with HLW.

In the wake of the Cold War, the Unites States and Russia had excess weapons - grade uranium and plutonium.

The plutonium that will be «bred» in Japan's FBRs is «super weapons grade» material, which will be relatively easy to separate.5 Japan is likely to find it increasingly difficult to gain international acceptance for its fast breeder program.

Iran agreed to ship spent nuclear fuel out of the country and promised not to produce weapons - grade plutonium.

Muons, Inc., a private - sector high - energy accelerator physics firm, and ADNA (Accelerator - Driven Neutron Applications) Corp., are proposing using spent nuclear fuel (SNF), natural uranium, or excess weapons - grade plutonium (W - Pu) in a proposed GEM * STAR accelerator - driven subcritical reactor (ADSR) to provide... Read more →

Their mission is to find the weapons - grade plutonium that's always missing from a Russian facility.

Hell - bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time — six pounds of weapons - grade plutonium; enough to change the balance of power in the world.

It is extremely difficult to develop weapons grade uranium and plutonium.

Muons, Inc., a private - sector high - energy accelerator physics firm, and ADNA (Accelerator - Driven Neutron Applications) Corp., are proposing using spent nuclear fuel (SNF), natural uranium, or excess weapons - grade plutonium (W - Pu) in a proposed GEM * STAR accelerator - driven subcritical reactor (ADSR) to provide... Read more →