UK 'has plutonium stockpile'
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The UK has built up a stockpile of 100 tonnes of plutonium - enough to make 17,000 nuclear bombs, the Royal Society says.
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A shipment of 140 kg (308 lb) of US weapons-grade plutonium has arrived in the French port of Cherbourg, despite protests by anti-nuclear campaigners who fear it is vulnerable to a terrorist attack.
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A trans-Atlantic shipment of plutonium from the United States arrived by guarded convoy at a factory in southern France Friday, amid protests by environmental groups.
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Comment is free: Mark Seddon: There may be a simpler reason why North Korea has not disclosed its nuclear inventory
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Scientists isolate plutonium for the first time. Next up, the atomic bomb. Compiled by Tony Long.
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World News, Cherbourg, France: Two armed freighters carrying plutonium from scrapped US nuclear warheads have docked in the French port of Cherbourg.
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BORDEAUX, France  - A heavily guarded convoy of  vehicles believed to be carrying a large shipment of U.S.  weapons-grade plutonium crossed France on Thursday on its way  for recycling, despite protests by anti-nuclear campaigners.
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A demonstration is planned at the home of Britain's fleet of Trident nuclear weapons submarines.
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'Government has not made decision' - oh really? Prime Minister Gordon Brown insists that the UK government has not made up its mind yet on a new generation of nuclear power stations, but that the decision will be announced on Thursday. However, it is now more or less certain that Brown intends to permit atomic energy to continue in Britain.â¦
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U.N. experts have found traces of plutonium near an Egyptian nuclear facility and are investigating whether it could be weapons-related or simply a byproduct of the country's peaceful atomic activities, diplomats told The Associated Press on Friday.
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A heavily guarded convoy of vehicles transporting US weapons-grade plutonium left a plant in northern France on Thursday to be driven nearly 1,000 km
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The United States will remove from military stockpiles nine tonnes of plutonium, enough for more than 1,000 atom bombs, to demonstrate its commitment to non-proliferation, the U.S. energy secretary said on Monday.
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Nuclear safety at the Sellafield plant is to be questioned in the courts after complaints from the European Commission. The European Court of Justice will hear allegations that Britain is not allowing the EC proper access for inspections.
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Britain's stocks of plutonium are kept in 'unacceptable' conditions, experts warn today.
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Saint-Paul-Les-Durance - A lorry carrying a shipment of plutonium from US weapons arsenals arrived early onFriday at a reprocessing plant in the south-western French town of Cadarache, a security source said.
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North Korea plans to seal its nuclear reactor, the source of weapons-grade plutonium, in the second half of July, Russia's Interfax news agency quoted an unidentified North Korean diplomatic source as saying on Monday.
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CHERBOURG, France  - A shipment of 308 pounds of  U.S. weapons-grade plutonium arrived in the French port of  Cherbourg Wednesday, despite protests by anti-nuclear  campaigners who fear it is vulnerable to a terrorist attack.