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Time to bury plutonium

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  • Frank von Hippel

    (Frank von Hippel is professor of public and international affairs at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, and co-chair of the International Panel on Fissile Materials.)

  • Rodney Ewing

    (Rodney Ewing is professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.)

  • Richard Garwin

    (Richard Garwin is a physicist and IBM Fellow emeritus at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center, New York, USA.)

  • Allison Macfarlane

    (Allison Macfarlane is associate professor of environmental science and policy at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.)

Abstract

Recycling plutonium is dangerous and costly. Britain should take the lead on direct disposal, say Frank von Hippel, Rodney Ewing, Richard Garwin and Allison Macfarlane.

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  • Frank von Hippel & Rodney Ewing & Richard Garwin & Allison Macfarlane, 2012. "Time to bury plutonium," Nature, Nature, vol. 485(7397), pages 167-168, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:485:y:2012:i:7397:d:10.1038_485167a
    DOI: 10.1038/485167a
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    1. Bates, E.A. & Driscoll, M.J. & Lester, R.K. & Arnold, B.W., 2014. "Can deep boreholes solve America׳s nuclear waste problem?," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 186-189.
    2. Hyatt, Neil C., 2017. "Plutonium management policy in the United Kingdom: The need for a dual track strategy," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 101(C), pages 303-309.

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