Time to bury plutonium

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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Published in:Nature (London) 2012-05, Vol.485 (7397), p.167-168
Main Authors: Hippel, Frank von, Ewing, Rodney, Garwin, Richard, Macfarlane, Allison
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