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Plutonium

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After the Cold War, US struggles with a glut of poisonous plutonium

Science

William Potter, director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, told Reuters: “We are in a much more dangerous situation today than we were in the Cold War.”

Sequester Causes Problems for Toxic Waste Cleanup

The World

Palomares, the H-Bomb and Operation Moist Mop

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Japan’s battle to prevent a nuclear meltdown

Environment
The World

Plutonium, To Canada or Bust

SPACE PLUTONIUM

Next month NASA plans to launch a plutonium-laden spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, this one carrying 72 pounds. Steve Curwood spoke with John Pike, Space Policy Director of the Federation of American Scientists about the risks involved with this flight.

The World

Recycling Nuclear Waste

For 30 years the United States has banned the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel into weapons-grade plutonium because it could fall into the hands of terrorists or rogue states. Now a proposal from the Bush administration would reverse that policy and beg

Nuclear Waste

Colorado’s plutonium is destined for South Carolina, but the governor of South Carolina has been waging a vocal campaign against the incoming shipments. The Denver Post’s Mike Soroghan (SORAHAN) discusses the situation with Living on Earth’s Diane Toomey.