Plutonium Found at Former San Francisco Naval Shipyard – Navy Faces Cover-Up Claims

Shocking detection of plutonium-239 at Hunters Point sparks outrage over Navy's 11-month delay. Explore health risks, ...
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Navy delay sparks outrage after plutonium detected near homes, park and planned 10,000-unit development

Public health advocates say the US Navy knew for almost a year that tests had detected dangerous levels of plutonium in the ...
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Los Alamos’ plutonium facility safety systems need improvement, oversight board says

A chemist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1995 shows a “puck” of plutonium. The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board recently reported what it ...
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Trump orders excess plutonium to be reprocessed for nuclear fuel, not stored at WIPP

A plan to dilute and dispose of excess plutonium dating back to the Cold War was frozen by an executive order President Donald Trump issued late last month. Instead, the order directs Energy Secretary ...
Washington Times

With an assist from Russia, China’s plutonium reactors fuel strategic arms buildup

China is building two advanced nuclear reactors with Russian assistance that will produce plutonium for Beijing’s rapid buildup of nuclear weapons, according to a new Air Force think tank study. The ...