Yakuza boss tried to traffic nuclear weapons-grade plutonium
Ebisawa pleaded guilty to a total of six counts: conspiracy to commit international trafficking of nuclear materials, ...
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Plutonium Found in Los Alamos at Levels Comparable to Chernobyl Spark Public Outrage
Plutonium can migrate downstream, enter water supplies, and be absorbed by plants, eventually making its way into the food ...
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Japanese mafia leader caught in U.S. sting pleads guilty to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials to Iran
The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges alleging that he conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use ...
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Dangerous Water
It either must be enriched—made more concentrated in a rare form of uranium (U-235)—or converted into plutonium (Pu-239). Heavy water can play a role in breeding weapons-grade plutonium from ...
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Deal in plutonium pit production suit close as feds, watchdogs get another extension
Dec. 13—After almost two months of negotiation, a compromise in an environmental lawsuit about plutonium pit production seems imminent. U.S. District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis ruled in September the ...