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Weapons-grade conspiracy theory is fun to watch first time but wears off quickly.
Eli Concern Trolls EliRabett 2010
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Type Composition Origin Use Reactor-grade from high-burnup fuel 55-70% Pu-239, 19% Pu-240, typically about 30% non-fissile Comprises about 1% of spent fuel from normal operation of civil nuclear reactors used for electricity generation As ingredient (c5%) of MOX fuel for normal reactor Weapons-grade Pu-239 with
Plutonium 2009
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Weapons-grade anthrax is a chemically altered form, which makes the disease able to survive in the air.
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Weapons-grade uranium-also known as highly-enriched uranium, or HEU-is around 90 percent (technically, HEU is any concentration over 20 percent, but weapons-grade levels are described as being in excess of 90 percent).
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LEMON: Weapons-grade uranium, the stuff of nuclear bombs, for sale on the black market?
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PHILLIPS: Weapons-grade uranium up for grabs, and the price is right -- if the price is right.
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(This conversion process does not create Weapons-grade plutonium) This is their right under the terms of the treaty.
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Weapons-grade uranium is more than 80 percent pure U-235.
Archive 2002-12-01 2002
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Weapons-grade uranium is usually about 90 percent enriched.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ALI AKBAR DAREINI 2012
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Weapons-grade uranium is usually about 90 percent enriched.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By ALI AKBAR DAREINI 2012
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