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Trump Plans To Make Cold War-Era Plutonium Available For Nuclear Power
The Trump administration plans to make available about 20 metric tons of Cold War-era plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads to U.S. power companies as a potential fuel for reactors, according to a source familiar with the matter and a draft memo outlining the plan.Plutonium has previously only been converted to fuel for commercial U.S. reactors in short-lived tests. The plan would follow through on an executive order signed by President Don…
Trump plans to make Cold War-era plutonium available for nuclear power
The Trump administration plans to make available about 20 metric tons of Cold War-era plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads to U.S. power companies as a potential fuel for reactors, according to a source familiar with the matter and a draft memo outlining the plan.
There are about 20 tons of plutonium from depleted nuclear furnaces
Donald Trump wants to offer about 20 tons of plutonium to American energy companies during the Cold War, extracted from decommissioned nuclear focus, to be used as fuel in reaction.
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