Workers load uranium-plutonium mixed oxide civilian fuel made from American military plutonium on a boat heading to the US, at the port in Cherbourg, northern France, on March 22, 2005/AFP-FileMOSCOW, Russian, Oct 3 – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered a halt to an agreement with the United States on plutonium disposal, citing Washington’s “unfriendly actions”.
The deal, signed in 2000, was meant to allow both nuclear powers to dispose of weapons-grade plutonium from their defence programmes, a move seen as a key step in the disarmament process.
The two countries recommitted to the deal in 2010.
Putin charged earlier this year …read more
Source: Capital News
