The clean-up of a decommissioned US nuclear weapons plant has unearthed one of the oldest known samples of man-made plutonium. ...full story at digg
from digg on Sun, Jan 25 2009
see also:
| 22 Jan 09 |
  |
Oldest Weapons-grade Plutonium Found In Dump » slashdot Urchin writes "Researchers have just identified the first batch of weapons-grade plutonium ever made. The batch was produced as part of the Manhattan Project, but predates Trinity — the first nuclear weapon test — by seven months. It was... |
| 04 Nov 09 |
 |
N.Korea says has made more arms-grade plutonium » digg By Jon Herskovitz and Yoo Choonsik SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it had completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and turned it into arms-grade plutonium, giving the mercurial state more material to produce... |
| 14 Apr 09 |
|
North Korea says will restart nuclear-arms plant » digg North Korea said on Tuesaday it saw talks on ending its nuclear weapons programme as "useless" and it planned to restart its plant that makes arms-grade plutonium, its KCNA news agency quoted its Foreign Ministry as saying. |
| 18 Jan 09 |
|
N.Korea has ''weaponised'' plutonium stocks » digg North Korea has ''weaponised'' enough declared plutonium stocks to produce four to five nuclear weapons, said Selig Harrison, a U.S. expert just returned from talks with officials in Pyongyang. Harrison, speaking... |
| 05 Mar 09 |
 |
Israelis develop 'safe' plutonium: good for power, bad for weapons » the register (uk) Nuke waste could be used as fuel - even by Arabs Israeli boffins have developed a promising technique for "declawing" plutonium, which would let it be used as fuel but not for building bombs. They believe the technique could greatly expand peaceful use of... |
china
thailand
japan
technology