Avril 2008 / Foxnews.com (Moscow, Russia)

Russia Shuts Down Nuclear Reactor Producing Weapons-Grade Plutonium

Report : Russia Shuts Down Nuclear Reactor Producing Weapons-Grade Plutonium

Sunday, April 20, 2008

MOSCOW, Russia — Russia closed down a plutonium producing reactor Sunday, marking a major milestone in U.S. nuclear nonproliferation efforts, a Russian news agency reported.

The U.S. and Russia have been working for years on arrangements to close Russia’s three remaining weapons-grade plutonium producing reactors.

A second reactor, also in the Siberian town of Seversk, is expected (...)