At the same time, plutonium separation in so-called "reprocessing plants," once the exclusive domain of bombmakers, is now getting underway in earnest in the commercial sector. Fortunately, it is still

for foreign use of U.S.-origin plutonium (Cranston v. Reagan, 1984); importation of South African uranium (In re: Braunkohle, Inc.,1987); exports of bomb-grade uranium fuel to European research reactors

The plutonium was separated from Cirus’ spent fuel at a reprocessing plant constructed with unannounced assistance from U.S. and European companies. Power reactors were supplied to India by the United

Our attitude toward separation and use of plutonium fuels by the Europeans and Japanese, in amounts that soon will exceed what we now have in our weapons, is permissive to say the least. But Pakistan

continue to actively promote hazardous activities such as reprocessing of spent fuel, use of plutonium (MOX) fuel in existing light-water reactors and development of fast breeder reactors. "It is our

This waste is a byproduct of extracting plutonium from Japanese used (spent) nuclear fuel in French and British reprocessing plants. The United States rejects any responsibility for this nuclear waste

Moreover, it is not certain that this plutonium would be separated from the spent fuel by reprocessing under either or both of these options, so it is excluded from the bottom line. 9] An SQ is a “

of M-D technology would be a viable alternative to reprocessing at Mayak for this fuel if it were returned to Russia. THE FUTURE OF PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION Although most of the G-8 nations have embraced

fuel would be substantially harder to reprocess than the fresh fuel. However, the French have said that the fuel was loaded into the Tammuz reactor and brought to power "until it became radioactive."

Instead, Japan should end its MOX and reprocessing programs, declare its plutonium stockpile a nuclear waste and to dispose of it by encasing it in glass with other, highly radioactive nuclear wastes.