RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 79, Part I, 24 April 2001
RUSSIA TESTS NUCLEAR FUEL MADE FROM MILITARY PLUTONIUM. Vitalii Sadovnikov, the director of the Mayak nuclear research facility in the Urals, told ITAR-TASS on 23 April that his facility has successfully tested the first nuclear fuel rod made from plutonium taken from decommissioned nuclear warheads. PG
Copyright (c) 2001. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. http://www.rferl.org
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