41.   There also was a major leak at a prototype reactor that uses plutonium at a site northeast of Tokyo.

42.   These reactors use plutonium instead of uranium as fuel.

43.   They also note that many countries have abandoned plans to use plutonium for power.

44.   High-grade plutonium can be used for making nuclear weapons.

45.   Critics of the plan to use plutonium for civilian nuclear power plants said it would be difficult to keep the material from being stolen and used for terrorist weapons.

46.   The United States and other western countries suspect the communist country is developing nuclear weapons, using plutonium from nuclear facilities.

47.   The West has been concerned that Pyongyang is using the plutonium from its nuclear plants to make atomic weapons.

48.   Plutonium can be used to make nuclear bombs.

49.   Plutonium is used in nuclear bomb triggers.

50.   Russian officials have maintained that Iran will not be able to make nuclear bombs using the plutonium which would be produced at the Bushehr station.