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
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