AP: Taiwan Conducted Plutonium Experiments
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Taiwan appears to have conducted experiments with plutonium &#151; a key component of nuclear weapons &#151; up to the mid-1980s, diplomats said Wednesday, citing environmental tests taken by the U.N. atomic watchdog agency.
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The world&#39;s longest continually running experiment has revealed traces of plutonium in British soil from nuclear tests in the Nevada desert 50 years ago, scientists said on Monday.
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North Korea confirmed it has shut its nuclear reactor that provides the secretive state with material to make weapons-grade plutonium, a North Korean official said, China's Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
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A Japanese daily reports that Washington has launched its own probe into a one-time nuclear experiment conducted by South Korean scientists in early 2000.
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Plutonium from U.S. nuclear warheads &#151; enough to make nearly 20 Hiroshima-style bombs &#151; is headed for France aboard armed freighters and a new life as commercial fuel that will ultimately light American homes.
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The president of the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute in Taejon, South Korea -- a senior government scientist -- had authorised the experiments with the uranium and knew about the work with plutonium, a senior diplomat close to the International
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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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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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CHERBOURG, France : A ship carrying 140 kilograms (308 pounds) of deadly plutonium from weapons arsenals in the United States docked in the French port of Cherbourg, the Areva nuclear processing company announced.
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North Korea has reprocessed 8,000 spent fuel rods into weapons-grade plutonium and appears to have exported nuclear material to Libya, U.S. officials informed Asian allies this week.
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South Korean nuclear experiments revealed earlier this year produced minute amounts of weapons-grade uranium and plutonium, but there was no evidence linking them to an attempt to make weapons, the U.N. atomic watchdog agency said Thursday.
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UNITED NATIONS - North Korea says it has turned the plutonium from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons to serve as a deterrent against increasing U.S. nuclear threats and to prevent a nuclear war in northeast Asia...
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TAIPEI: Taiwan&#39;s defence authorities said yesterday it is the country&#39;s standing policy not to develop or use nuclear weapons, as atomic officials denied developing such weaponry 20 years ago.
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North Korea says it has turned the plutonium from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons to serve as a deterrent against increasing U.S. nuclear threats and to prevent a nuclear war in northeast Asia.
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STATE DEPARTMENT A calm response from the Bush administration to claims by North Korean that it has turned the plutonium from eight-thousand spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons.
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Scientists isolate plutonium for the first time. Next up, the atomic bomb. Compiled by Tony Long.
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North Korea has made significant progress in disabling its nuclear facility in Yongbyon but has hesitated at providing key details about the extent of its nuclear programs, including whether it has weaponized the plutonium harvested from the reactor, according to U.S. officials.