The disposition of plutonium from dismanteled warheads: a West European electric utility view

The civilian nuclear industry has a day-to-day experience of managing fissile materials and may help finding the best way to deal with plutonium from dismantled warheads. It is argued in this article that the experience that the European industry has gained in the management of reactor-grade plutonium can help the governments of Russia and the United States finding the best way to dispose of their excess weapons-grade plutonium. This article is based upon a paper given at the 27. annual conference of the Japan Industrial Forum in Hiroshima, Japan, April 13-15, 1994. (author) 5 figs., 1 tab., 24 refs