A typical power reactor produces about 300 kgs of plutonium each year.
A typical power reactor (1000 MWe) produces about 300 kilograms of plutonium each year. 10 kilograms of (reactor-grade) plutonium is required to produce a weapon with a destructive power comparable to that of the plutonium weapon dropped on Nagasaki in 1945
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Nuclear Politics »Nuclear Politics
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Nuclear challenges for the international community? »Nuclear challenges for the international community?
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Expanding use of civil nuclear power »Expanding use of civil nuclear power
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Support for nuclear power undermines non-proliferation and disarmament »Support for nuclear power undermines non-proliferation and disarmament
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Nuclear plants are bomb factories »Nuclear plants are bomb factories
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Nuclear plants are NOT bomb factories »Nuclear plants are NOT bomb factories
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A typical power reactor produces about 300 kgs of plutonium each year.
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This false claim is typical of the anti-nuclear movement »This false claim is typical of the anti-nuclear movement
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