Possibility of use of reactor-grade plutonium cannot be discounted.

The possibility that either a state or a sub-national group would choose to use reactor-grade plutonium, should sufficient stocks of weapon-grade plutonium not be readily available, cannot be discounted.

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Possibility of use of reactor-grade plutonium cannot be discounted.
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