1. Only later did they learn that the canister they had spirited away did not contain the plutonium. 2. The end product would still contain some plutonium. 3. The plutonium is contained in the spent reactor fuel that is kept in a cooling pond near the reactor. 4. These rods contain plutonium that can be used in nuclear weapons. 5. A State Department official has said the government has no basis for halting the shipment, since it does not contain plutonium, which is used for nuclear weapons. 6. It did not say how much plutonium the alarms contained. 7. Nuclear fuel containing plutonium from dismantled warheads could fall into the hands of terrorists if a plan to ship the material to Canada goes ahead, environmental activists warned. 8. The shipping casks containing the plutonium were said to meet the safety standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency. 9. Thirty-four appliances containing plutonium disappeared from a Ukrainian factory, prosecutors said Thursday. 10. According to the Pentagon the fuel rods in the Yongbyon reactor contains enough plutonium for four or five nuclear bombs. |