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[cdn-nucl-l] More post-weapons MOX in the offing?
34 tons (imp units, I presume) of Pu per nation to be dealt with (vitrified
or in MOX?). Is this in addition to the 50 tonnes each, agreed to earlier?
Clinton, Putin OK Plutonium Deal
By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer Sunday June 4 4:32 PM ET
MOSCOW (AP) - President Clinton and Russian President Vladimir Putin <snip>
signed agreements putting in force initiatives begun by Clinton and former
Russian President Boris Yeltsin: To reduce weapons-grade plutonium
stockpiles by 34 tons each; and to set up a joint center in Moscow to
monitor missile launches.
These are ``major steps to reduce the nuclear danger,'' Clinton said.