Energy Department takes steps toward allowing plutonium, historically used in weapons, in nuclear fuel

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• The HillCenter·2h ago

  Energy Department takes steps toward allowing plutonium, historically used in weapons, in nuclear fuel

  The Energy Department may allow up to five companies to use its surplus plutonium — which it has historically been used in nuclear warheads — as fuel. The department has selected the firms for “advanced negotiations regarding the potential allocation of surplus plutonium materials,” a spokesperson for its nuclear energy office said Tuesday. The five...

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