weapons-grade plutonium. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It stores more than 1,000 pounds of weapons-grade plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2007] Reference
What happens to the factories that produce weapons-grade fuel?. From Wordnik.com. [Selling Nuclear Missiles--And Minds] Reference
A level of 90 percent is generally considered to be weapons-grade. From Wordnik.com. [U.N. report: Iran stockpiling nuclear materials] Reference
By 1986 Pakistan's centrifuge technology was producing weapons-grade uranium. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan's Bomb Builder] Reference
Little stands in its way to one day reprocess it into weapons-grade plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [Iran's Shadow Games] Reference
Iran may not be there yet but they're working on making weapons-grade Uranium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2006] Reference
Right now, the thing is, is that Iran can't actually produce weapons-grade uranium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2008] Reference
Plus, the material coming from them can easily be converted to weapons-grade material. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2005] Reference
North Korea is believed to have enough weapons-grade plutonium for as many as 10 such weapons. From Wordnik.com. [Fallout] Reference
Malaysian customs inspectors pore over baggage as though they were looking for weapons-grade plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [Crisis In The Cupboard] Reference
If they take the single most sensational quote of the day, which is that "this was weapons-grade anthrax.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2001] Reference
Analysts believe North Korea already has enough weapons-grade plutonium to make at least six to seven nuclear bombs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2007] Reference
At least one U.S. government lab has covertly manufactured a small amount of weapons-grade anthrax since the early '90s. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunt For The Anthrax Killer] Reference
O'BRIEN: All right -- weapons-grade plutonium on the black market -- I think it's fairly obvious but let's go through it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2002] Reference
Hundreds of millions for radiation detectors that can't distinguish between weapons-grade nuclear material and cat litter. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2006] Reference
And it could also produce five to 10 kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium each year — enough for one or two nuclear weapons. From Wordnik.com. [Sleight of Hand] Reference
Making a nuclear weapon is relatively easy if you have the basic design, a good machine shop and enough weapons-grade uranium. From Wordnik.com. [The Nagging Fear Of Nukes] Reference
Now, under the agreement, Iran would also ship all those non - weapons-grade uranium to other countries for further enrichment. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2009] Reference
That would provide some degree of international oversight, of course, to make sure it doesn't enrich it to the weapons-grade level. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2006] Reference
U.S. and U.N. officials say Iran already has enough material to produce two atomic weapons if it decides to produce weapons-grade fuel. From Wordnik.com. [Russians to Fuel Iranian Reactor] Reference
But Saddam's attempts to produce weapons-grade uranium were apparently more elaborate and systematic than even U.S. experts had realized. From Wordnik.com. [Saddam Fesses Up On Nukes] Reference
To do so, Pyongyang would have had to shut down its reactor in order to extract spent fuel and reprocess it into weapons-grade plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [The Method To The Madness] Reference
Radiation detection machines for the borders and ports that can't tell the difference between weapons-grade nuclear material and cat litter. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2006] Reference
The floating nuclear plants would use a far more volatile fuel than land-based plants: weapons-grade uranium containing 40 percent Uranium-235. From Wordnik.com. [Karl Grossman: Floating Chernobyls] Reference
They say that in the past he has tried to get weapons-grade material, but they doubt that he's developed the capability to deliver it militarily. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2001] Reference
What U.S. officials do know is that the fuel rods -- which were kept under seal since 1994 -- can be rapidly reprocessed into weapons-grade plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [North Korea: Diplomacy Hits The Wall] Reference
A visiting U.S. scholar says senior officials told him North Korea plans to unload fuel rods from its nuclear reactor to obtain more weapons-grade plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2006] Reference
About 160 pounds of weapons-grade uranium cast into shiny spheres was stored in high-school-style lockers and secured by a single chain looped through the handles. From Wordnik.com. [Future Shock] Reference
Almost all this attention has focused on Iran's reactor in Bushehr and on its enriched uranium fuel, involving a process that could easily produce weapons-grade uranium. From Wordnik.com. [Sleight of Hand] Reference
In mid-2003 Pyongyang announced it had completed the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel rods (to extract weapons-grade plutonium) and was developing a "nuclear deterrent.". From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
And they have 2,952 centrifuges going full time trying to turn out this weapons-grade material, so they're going full bore on the most important part of the weapons program. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2007] Reference
A visiting American scholar says senior officials there's told him that North Korea plans to unload fuel rods from its nuclear reactor to obtain more weapons-grade plutonium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2006] Reference
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