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RE: [cdn-nucl-l] More post-weapons MOX in the offing?
Just to add to the previous message from Jeremy, here's a transcript excerpt
from the H of C debates.
Jaro
http://www.parl.gc.ca/36/2/parlbus/chambus/house/debates/107_2000-06-05/ques
107-e.htm#LINK77
IMPORTATION OF PLUTONIUM
Ms. Jocelyne Girard-Bujold (Jonquière, BQ): Mr. Speaker, at a meeting held
this past weekend between American President Bill Clinton and Russian
President Vladimir Putin, the two heads of state agreed to dismantle part of
their arsenal of ballistic missiles, which at the moment represents over 60
tonnes of plutonium.
After the government has unilaterally accepted on principle the importation
of over 50 tonnes of MOX plutonium, can the Minister of Natural Resources
tell us whether these new quantities will be added to what we are already
expecting from the U.S. and Russia?
[English]
Hon. Ralph E. Goodale (Minister of Natural Resources and Minister
responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board, Lib.): No, Mr. Speaker. Canada has
undertaken to test certain quantities of MOX fuel to determine their
suitability in nuclear reactors such as the CANDU. There has been no
agreement, indeed, not even a request for an agreement to move beyond the
test.
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RE: [cdn-nucl-l] More post-weapons MOX in the offing?
To: "'cdn-nucl-l'" <cdn-nucl-l@informer2.cis.McMaster.CA>
Subject: RE: [cdn-nucl-l] More post-weapons MOX in the offing?
From: "Whitlock, Jeremy" <whitlockj@aecl.ca>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 12:42:06 -0400
Morgan Brown writes:
> 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?
>
This is the same batch of excess weapons Pu publicized earlier. In the time
since the original parallel announcement of 50 surplus tons each, the
Russians scaled the quantity back to 34 tonnes, to match the amount in the
USA pledge that actually comes from dismantled weapons (the rest is Pu
processing waste).
The Russians prefer MOX-burning to vitrification/immobilization.
--
Jeremy Whitlock
The Canadian Nuclear FAQ: http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~cz725