«[...] One of the great success stories of the post-Cold War years has been the dilution of former Soviet Union weapons-grade uranium to reactor fuel by the United States Enrichment Corporation. One hundred thirteen metric tons, enough to make about five thousand nuclear weapons, have been diluted so far, with about four hundred tons left to process. As reduction in nuclear arsenals proceed, weapons plutonium will also need to be converted to civilian use. If necessary, such conversion should be subsidized as a part of national defense; it's hard to imagine a better investment of defense money. [...]»
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jkniiv
2006-04-07 20:25
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