It was concerned that the project could yield bomb-grade plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2006] Reference
They’re still 5-10 years away from bomb-grade material, little chap!. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Concerns over Iran bombing grow.] Reference
The largest difficulty was acquiring sufficient quantities of bomb-grade fuel. From Wordnik.com. [The Point of No Return] Reference
The board is worried that the reactor could secretly be used to make bomb-grade plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 23, 2006] Reference
Now, this would be the level that you would need to produce energy, not bomb-grade material. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2006] Reference
The Armenians and Georgians say Dadayan got his bomb-grade uranium from contacts in Siberia. From Wordnik.com. [A Smuggler’s Story] Reference
The firm's sloppy material accounting could have masked the removal of the bomb-grade uranium. From Wordnik.com. [Israel's Bomb] Reference
It concerns itself with initiatives to bring to an end the production of bomb-grade materiel in Russia. From Wordnik.com. [Background Briefing On Russia] Reference
Officials assure us that inside these crates are critical components of gas centrifuges for making bomb-grade uranium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2004] Reference
Merabishvili complained that the Russians had claimed they could not identify the source of the bomb-grade nuclear material. From Wordnik.com. [A Smuggler’s Story] Reference
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: The controversial shipments of the bomb-grade plutonium may already be on its way across the country. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2002] Reference
ENSOR: Still, it would be much easier, Leon, for terrorists to get their hands on radiological materials than bomb-grade materials. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2002] Reference
ENSOR: Officials say the P-2 type centrifuge plans and parts would give Iran a much greater capability to produce bomb-grade uranium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2004] Reference
Scientists and engineers are harvesting Russia's bomb-grade uranium and converting it into safe energy to light factories and schools. From Wordnik.com. [Gore Chernomyrdin Press Conference] Reference
In theory, Iran has enough low-enriched about 3 to 5 percent uranium to convert into bomb-grade material for at least one nuclear weapon. From Wordnik.com. [Iran and the effort to halt its nuclear ambitions] Reference
U.S. officials telling CNN the North appears to be preparing to restart generators at the nuclear plant used to make bomb-grade plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 28, 2009] Reference
The guards say that when the sensors sounded, Dadayan tossed the satchel containing the tea box filled with bomb-grade uranium onto the ground. From Wordnik.com. [A Smuggler’s Story] Reference
"And just last year, the amount of bomb-grade material Los Alamos could not account for 'exceeded alarm limits,' according to the Department of Energy.". From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear Follies] Reference
Indeed, buried within the report is a statement that Iran could potentially enrich enough bomb-grade uranium within 12 to 18 months to create nuclear weapons. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Talking to Iran] Reference
Also, these funds will not likely go towards expediting the removal of bomb-grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Cirincione: A Feel Good Victory: Nuclear Pork is No Longer on the Menu] Reference
According to Ali Akbar Salehi, who heads the Atomic Energy Organisation, Iran will keep its uranium enrichment level at up to five percent - much lower than bomb-grade. From Wordnik.com. [Iran's threshold power] Reference
Current nuclear reactors are powered by a mix of two isotopes of uranium that produce a third isotope -- uranium 239, which ultimately decays into bomb-grade plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [Clean Nukes Go Public] Reference
About 3.5 million pounds of highly enriched uranium and half a million pounds of bomb-grade plutonium remain in the world, according to Harvard University's Belfer Center. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. helps Ukraine send enriched uranium to Russia] Reference
There are dozens of places where bomb-grade uranium is used to fuel civilian research and medical reactors despite the availability of safe and cost-effective alternatives. From Wordnik.com. [Impossibility of nuclear security] Reference
But these are the worst of times, too, because in the debris of the cold war remain tens of thousands of nuclear weapons and thousands of tons of bomb-grade plutonium and uranium. From Wordnik.com. [Future Shock] Reference
Pak rejects report about receiving bomb-grade uranium from China. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to US seeks 'defining partnership' with India] Reference
Y-12 is this country's primary storehouse for bomb-grade uranium. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Iran's June inflation rate falls to 9.4%] Reference
The gas enabled the laboratory to begin producing bomb-grade uranium in 1982. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Khan said the gas enabled the laboratory to begin producing bomb-grade uranium in 1982. From Wordnik.com. [RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds] Reference
They also acknowledged there is no "smoking-gun" evidence that Iran plans to make bomb-grade uranium. From Wordnik.com. [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference
Iran's move heightened suspicions that its goal is a stockpile of bomb-grade uranium enriched to 90 percent. From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News]
In exchange, according to Khan's account, Pakistan helped China modernise its production of bomb-grade uranium. From Wordnik.com. Reference
This comes just days after North Korea pledged to resume taking apart a nuclear plant that makes bomb-grade plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Dangerous Waters in Korea] Reference
Hundreds of tons of bomb-grade uranium are stashed elsewhere in the U.S. and Russia awaiting "blenddown" to less lethal grades. From Wordnik.com. [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference
So analysts ask why Iran would enrich uranium well above its needs, except to lay the groundwork for producing bomb-grade uranium. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
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