U.S. Bomb-Grade Plutonium Convoy to Cross France
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A heavily guarded convoy of vehicles believed to be transporting U.S. weapons-grade plutonium left a plant in northern France on Thursday for a recycling factory 660 miles southeast.
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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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ÃlectricitÃ© de France, the French national electric utility, will team up with Constellation Energy to build and operate nuclear power plants in the U.S. and Canada.
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A controversial shipment of plutonium from old US nuclear warheads reaches a plant in southern France.
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(Cherbourg, France-AP) Oct. 5, 2004 - Nuclear industry officials say port crews unloaded plutonium from the United States from a British ship on Wednesday morning after it arrived in northwest France.
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The UK must ensure its plutonium stockpile - enough for 17,000 bombs - stays in safe hands, a report warns.
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Britain has amassed a stockpile of more  than 100 metric tons of plutonium -- enough for 17,000 bombs of  the size that flattened Japan&#39;s Nagasaki in 1945, a report from  the country&#39;s top science institution said on Friday.
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Some congressional Democrats raised security concerns Wednesday about a proposed shipment of 300 pounds of weapons-grade plutonium from the United States to France for conversion into a mixed-oxide fuel.
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A shipment of weapons-grade plutonium has left the United States for a nuclear reactor in France, drawing protests from activists who believe the shipment poses both an environmental and terrorist threat.
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France staked its claim to remain a world leader in atomic energy Thursday with the announcement that it would build the first of a new generation of pressurised water nuclear plants at a site on the Normandy ...
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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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A consignment of US weapons-grade plutonium began a north-south road journey across France to be turned into fuel to make electricity by Areva SA, the world&#39;s biggest maker of nuclear reactors, Greenpeace France said.
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The United States and Russia have  agreed on a plan to accelerate installation of radiation  detection devices at 350 Russian border crossings so the system  to prevent nuclear smuggling is fully operational by 2011, U.S.  officials said on Friday.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency is poised to send a team to North Korea this week to verify the shutdown of its atom bomb project after IAEA governors give an expected go-ahead on Monday, diplomats said.
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The United States and Russia have agreed on a plan to accelerate installation of radiation detection devices at 350 Russian border crossings so the system to prevent nuclear smuggling is fully operational by 2011, U.S. officials said on Friday.
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U.N. nuclear inspectors are likely to arrive in North Korea on Saturday to verify a promised shutdown of the country's nuclear reactor, the source of its bomb-grade plutonium, the head of the IAEA said on Wednesday.
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France sends plutonium from scrapped US nuclear warheads south under heavy guard to be reprocessed.