Guardian: Britain risks being turned into a "nuclear laundry" by taking ownership of German plutonium in return for cash, the government was warned on Friday. The move came alongside confirmation that ministers were moving towards a controversial decision to build a new mixed oxide fuel (MOX) plant despite having just agreed to close an existing one which lost millions of pounds. Britain has the largest stockpile of plutonium in the world but has taken permanent control of a further 4 tonnes under a...
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/13/uk-takes-ownership-of-german-plutonium
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