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Re: An interesting bit of info I discovered today...

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http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/fmd/back.htm

Fissile Material Disposal Background

Nuclear materials declared by the U.S. and Russian governments as surplus to defense programs are being converted into fuel for commercial nuclear reactors.

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Re: An interesting bit of info I discovered today...
By: oldCADuser
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Wed, 27 Nov 13 7:40 AM
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I knew that the United States, and I assumed some other Western nations as well, had agreed to purchase this material so that it wouldn't be laying around where the wrong people might get a hold of it, but I assumed that it was simply going to be stored away somewhere safer. Which I guess begs the question, where did the fissionable material that was recovered from OUR dismantled weapons go? Is that what makes up the other 50% of the fuel being used in US commercial reactors today?


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