NULEAR SWORDS INTO ENERGY PLOUGHSHARES

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NULEAR SWORDS INTO ENERGY PLOUGHSHARES
Thomas Shea (World Nuclear University)Bertrand
Barré(International Nuclear Energy
Academy)Felicity Hill (Womens International
League for Peace and Freedom)James
Acton(Chair, Kings College London)
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Enrichment and down-blending
down-blending / enrichment
high enriched uranium
reactor fuel
enrichment
(90-ish U-235) used in pits
(uranium oxide)
low enriched uranium
natural uranium
(4-ish U-235)
(0.7 U-235)
U-235
U-238
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MOX fuel fabrication
plutonium
also used in pits
MOX
Mixed Oxide Fuel
uranium
Plutonium
U-235
U-238