U.S. Bomb-Grade Plutonium Convoy to Cross France
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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 convoy believed to be carrying a large shipment of U.S. weapons-grade plutonium arrived safely at a recycling plant in southeastern France on Friday after a long journey across the country.
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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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All U.S.-bound cargo would have to   be scanned for nuclear materials while still abroad under a   proposal that Democrats urged the Senate on Tuesday to pass to   protect American ports five years after the September 11   attacks.
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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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Amid tense relations between the United States and Russia, two prominent American arms control advocates Friday toured a storage facility designed to hold tons of plutonium and enriched uranium from dismantled Russian nuclear weapons.
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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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PARIS, Jan. 19 -- For French President Nicolas Sarkozy, nuclear reactors are the bridge between the West and the Islamic world.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Satellite images show that Pakistan is building a nuclear reactor that can produce weapons-grade plutonium, an American watchdog group said yesterday, warning that it could contribute to an atomic arms race with archrival India.
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A heavily guarded ship carrying a large shipment of US weapons-grade plutonium has docked in the French port of Cherbourg, defying protesters who say the shipment is vulnerable to terrorist attack.
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PARIS -- A controversial US shipment of bomb-grade plutonium escorted by armed British commandos has set sail for France, despite protests from environmental activists who fear a terrorist attack or an accident. The shipment is the most contentious nuclear shipment in years with activists questioning the wisdom of transporting such security-sensitive cargo at a time of heightened risk of terror ...
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Two ships with plutonium from scrapped US nuclear warheads arrive in the French port of Cherbourg.
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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.
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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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A heavily guarded ship carrying a large shipment of US weapons-grade plutonium docked in the French port of Cherbourg on Wednesday, defying protesters who say the shipment is vulnerable to terrorist attack.
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WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is traveling to France this week, will press NATO countries to reduce political interference in the alliance's military operations, a US defense official said yesterday.
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Although some suspect missing WWII bomb may be the cause, Air Force officials say the warhead does not carry the plutonium needed for a nuclear blast but that it does carry 400 pounds of explosives.