UK’s plutonium stockpile is an embarrassing risk

3 September 2020

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UK’s plutonium stockpile is an embarrassing risk

After 70 years of producing plutonium in reprocessing works the United Kingdom, now with 140 tonnes of it, the largest stockpile in the world, finds it has no use for the metal – and needs to spend £4.5 billion (US$6bn) just to keep it safe. Having already spent at least … [Continue Reading]

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