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London Nuke Plant Loses 30 Kilos of Plutonium

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the or-is-it-tonnes dept.

solafide writes "The Globe and Mail reports 'A British nuclear-reprocessing plant [at Sellafield] cannot account for nearly 30 kilograms of plutonium, but authorities believe it is an accounting issue rather than a loss of potential bomb-making material, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority said.' Although it says later plutonium is only 1% of what they deal with there. The Times Online has more details."

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  1. Re:Jokes by khrtt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A nuclear weapon only uses about a grapefruit sized piece of fissionable material.

    True. Now try to guess how much a grapefruit-sized piece of plutonium would weigh.