1. A Pennsylvania nuclear energy company considers using plutonium from decommissioned nuclear warheads to power two of its plants. 2. A Pennsylvania nuclear energy company is considering using plutonium from decommissioned nuclear warheads to power two of its plants. 3. Much of the plutonium was removed from decommissioned nuclear warheads. 4. Nonetheless, the United States gains no advantage from its ability to afford the cost of maintaining a large stockpile of decommissioned warheads. 5. Officials are also expected to address a disagreement over an existing deal under which the United States buys treated uranium removed from decommissioned Russian nuclear warheads. 6. The White House has said it wants to warehouse decommissioned nuclear warheads. 7. There is considerable debate on how much of the tritium the DOE can get from recycling decommissioned warheads, and the amount needed is classified information. 8. A storage site intended to hold materials from decommissioned Russian warheads is being built with U.S. assistance. 9. Greenpeace says the HEU, taken from decommissioned Russian warheads, can easily be recycled for use in nuclear weapons if it falls into the wrong hands. 10. Moscow wants the decommissioned warheads to be destroyed, while Washington says it wants to store them in case of radical changes in the security environment in the future. |