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Plutonium carrying British ship headed for US, leaves Japan
Fp Archives • 9 years agoAn armed British ship believed to be carrying enough plutonium to make about 40 atomic bombs has left a port in eastern Japan to transport the shipment to the US for storage.
British ships arrive in Japan to transport plutonium to the US
Fp Archives • 9 years agoTwo British ships have arrived in eastern Japan to transport a shipment of plutonium — enough to make dozens of atomic bombs — to the US for storage under a bilateral agreement.
What exactly are N Korea's scientists planning to explode?
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe last two tests are believed to have been of plutonium devices, but the next logical step for Pyongyang's ambitious nuclear programme could be to conduct a highly enriched uranium explosion.