However, the debate over reprocessing and whether it really increases risk of spreading plutonium and proliferation is still ongoing. For animated scenes of a house being demolished by a nuclear explosion,

This plutonium can be chemically removed from spent reactor fuel in a reprocessing plant and used to produce nuclear weapons. Leventhal was also concerned about the safety of nuclear power plants and

Civilian Plutonium: Separated and in Spent Fuel (in metric tons) Civilian Reprocessing Capacity by Nation (operational and under construction) Civilian Separated Plutonium by Nation, Year 2000 (in

Technetium 99 is a byproduct of reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel from two plants which British Nuclear Fuels operates on the site. It remains active for 200,000 years and is known to accumulate in the

Pakistan starts up plutonium production reactor giving it capacity to produce two bombs a year, NCI President Leventhal tells House committee. AP story, May 14, 1998, Washington Post website. India,

March 30 Nuclear experts dismiss US fears of plutonium misuse Times of India March 21 China, Pakistan sign secret pacts WorldNetDaily March 14 No intention to enter into nuclear race: Musharraf

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Paul Leventhal, NCI President Emeritus