Russia closes last weapons-grade plutonium plant

eppur_se_muova

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Thu Apr-15-10 04:49 PM
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Russia closes last weapons-grade plutonium plant

Source: BBC

Russia has shut down its last weapons-grade plutonium reactor.

The move came after a pledge this week from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a 47-nation nuclear security summit in Washington.

Plant bosses pressed the red "stop" button to commence decommissioning process at 0400, the official Russian news agency reported.
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The closure of the reactor came after Mr Obama and Mr Medvedev signed a nuclear disarmament treaty, described by both sides as a major step towards improving strained US-Russian relations.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8622631.stm

More fallout from Obama's misguided nuclear disarmament policy. :sarcasm:

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bemildred

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Thu Apr-15-10 05:03 PM
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1. Curse Obama for getting the Russians stop making Plutonium.

:sarcasm:

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FailureToCommunicate

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Thu Apr-15-10 05:03 PM
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2. But, but, Sarah sez WE'RE the schoolyard kid saying "punch me, I won't hit back"

Edited on Thu Apr-15-10 05:05 PM by FailureToCommunicate

Now I'm really confused.

We'll just have to wait and see what Sarah thinks about all this hand shaking on the nuclear playground...

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liberation

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Thu Apr-15-10 05:49 PM
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3. Very good news...

... too bad we already have enough nukes on this earth to destroy it many times over. I have no clue why we're still making weapons grade plutonium though.

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boppers

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Thu Apr-15-10 05:56 PM
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4. According to the article, the reactor's plutonium has been waste since 1995.

"Russia's defence ministry stopped using the plutonium for military needs in 1995, and the plant was used mainly to heat the city of Zheleznogorsk, she added."

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FailureToCommunicate

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Thu Apr-15-10 07:25 PM
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5. I sure imagined this getting more attention here. Maybe it should have

had the title: "Russia closes last kitty-litter plant"

(Sorry, fellow DUers... just in a bad mood after sending Uncle Sam more tax money to kill innocents abroad...)

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conspirator

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Thu Apr-15-10 08:07 PM
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6. This means JACK SHIT. If I had the Arsenal of Russia I wouldn't mind temporarily

shutting down my Reactors.

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Klubov

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Wed Apr-21-10 03:11 PM
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7. Arsenal is not the most important thing

Whatever Russia's arsenal, its military doctrine does not involve preemptive strikes against potential aggressors. Unlike U.S. military doctrine. Russia (not the Soviet Union) has never allowed itself to invade a country just because of "suspicion" that there can be stored weapons of mass destruction. If you're interested, here you can find the latest updates of the Russian military doctrine. http://www.eastwest-review.com/article/preventive-sensation-russian-military-doctrine

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conspirator

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Wed Apr-21-10 04:02 PM
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8. I was not criticizing Russia. I was criticizing the "Obama is doing something" propaganda nt

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