According to a reliable source, the three ADE plutonium production reactors that are being shut down, have produced 18 tonnes of weapon-grade plutonium since 1994, when Russia committed to not using this material in its weapons program and began storing it at facilities that are open to U.S. monitoring. Of this material, 10 tonnes are stored in Seversk and 8 tonnes - in Zheleznogorsk. Rosatom is planning to move the Seversk material to Zheleznogorsk.
Plutonium from last Russian production reactors
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The last Russian plutonium production reactor, ADE-2 at Zheleznogorsk, was shut down on April 15, 2010 at noon local time (04:00 UTC) as planned. This event marks the end of production of weapon-grade fissile materials in Russia.Plutonium produced... Read More
Russia submitted its annual declaration that contains data on its holdings of civilian plutonium - INFCIRC/549/Add.8/13. According to the declaration, as of the end of 2009 Russia had 47.7 tonnes of unirradiated separated plutonium, 1.1 tonnes more tha... Read More
Russia submitted its annual declaration that contains data on its holdings of civilian plutonium - INFCIRC/549/Add.9/13. According to the declaration, as of the end of 2010 Russia had 48.4 tonnes of unirradiated separated plutonium, 0.7 tonnes more th... Read More
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