{"id":726,"date":"2023-07-23T21:12:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T21:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccnr.thedev.ca\/?page_id=726"},"modified":"2024-04-02T02:30:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T02:30:12","slug":"plutonium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/fr\/plutonium\/","title":{"rendered":"Plutonium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: auto; width: 50%; border: 3px solid black; padding: 10px;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">The Plutonium Connection<\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 120px;\" align=\"left\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/plutonium\/#weapons\">Nuclear Weapons<\/a><\/b><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 120px;\" align=\"left\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/plutonium\/#import\">Plutonium Imports to Canada<\/a><\/b><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 120px;\" align=\"left\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/plutonium\/#background\">Background on Plutonium<\/a><\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"weapons\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">~ Nuclear Weapons ~<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"color: brown;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/siNS3JzNgFE?si=qXigqlQcWS36kN8C\" width=\"280\" height=\"170\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=siNS3JzNgFE\">Take Action to Ban Plutonium Reprocessing in Canada\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n[ video, 5 min, 2023 ]<\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"color: brown;\">[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrY\">AMAZING VIDEO: Witness 2000 Nuclear Bombs Exploded since 1945 (be patient!)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 2px solid; text-align: center; padding: 20px;\"><center><span style=\"color: brown;\"><big>Background<\/big><\/span><\/center><center><\/center><center><\/center><center><\/center><center><\/center><center>[\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/nuclear-technology-a-primer\/\">Nuclear Technology: A Primer<\/a>\u00a0]<\/center><center><\/center><center>[\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccnr.org\/Secret_Life_of_the_Atom.pdf\">The Secret Life of the Atom: An Overview<\/a>\u00a0]<\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center>[\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccnr.org\/Uranium_&amp;_Plutonium_2022.pdf\">Uranium and Plutonium &#8211; a CCNR Fact Sheet (2022)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center>[\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccnr.org\/declaration_WSF_e_2016.pdf\"><b>SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016)<\/b><\/a>\u00a0]<\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center>[\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccnr.org\/declaration_endorsers.pdf\"><b>Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016)<\/b><\/a> ]<\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center>[\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uPsOjhYqHRk\">Edwards to Montreal Press Club &#8211; Nuclear Dangers Update (Aug 6 2012: video 1h12m)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><span style=\"color: blue; font-size: medium;\">[\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6QP2K_GyBSM&amp;feature=youtu.be\">The Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Age [A\/V slide show (1 hr) 2007]<\/a> ]<\/span><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><span style=\"color: blue; font-size: medium;\">[\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rbcc.ca\/Gordon-Edwards-videos.shtml\">Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008]<\/a>\u00a0]<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/center><\/div>\n<p><center><\/center><span style=\"color: white; font-size: xx-small;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccnr.org\/Uranium_&amp;_Plutonium_2022.pdf\">\u00a0Enrichment &amp; Reprocessing: From Bombs to Reactors &amp; Back Again (Fact Sheet 2022)]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccnr.org\/Uranium_&amp;_Plutonium_2022.pdf\">[<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccnr.org\/TPNW_Open_Letter_2020.pdf\">\u00a0Open Letter for the Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty (Multinational, 2020-2021)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/use-of-canadian-uranium-in-the-worlds-first-atomic-bombs\/\">Use of Canadian Uranium in the First Atomic Bombs: Verbatim Excerpts (&#8217;98)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/how-uranium-from-great-bear-lake-ended-up-in-a-bombs\/\">How Uranium from Great Bear Lake Ended Up in A-Bombs: A Chronology (&#8217;98)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/canadas-role-in-the-atomic-bomb-programs-of-the-united-states-britain-france-and-india\/\">Canada&#8217;s Role in the Bomb Programs of US, UK, France and India: A Chronology<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/canadas-plutonium-contribution-to-britains-nuclear-weapons-programme\/\">Canada&#8217;s Historic Role in Britain&#8217;s Nuclear Weapons Programme<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/ccnr-exhibits-filed-on-july-19-1999-at-the-nanoose-expropriation-hearings\/\">CCNR Exhibits Filed at the Nanoose Expropriation Hearings (July\/99)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Nanoose Expropriation: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccnr.org\/news\/news_briefs_n.html\">NEWS ACCOUNTS AND TESTIMONY:<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/citizens-groups-protest-use-of-weapons-grade-uranium-at-chalk-river-isotope-facility\/\">Groups oppose use of weapons-grade uranium in Chalk River reactors<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/canada-and-the-nuclear-challenge-reducing-the-political-value-of-nuclear-weapons-for-the-twenty-first-century\/\">House of Commons ~ Recommendations on Nuclear Weapons (Dec\/98)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/canadian-plutonium-sold-for-american-bombs\/\">Canadian Plutonium Sold For American Bombs 1946-76<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/findings-on-plutonium-both-military-and-civilian-verbatim-quotations-from-authoritative-sources\/\">Findings on Plutonium : both Civilian and Military<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/reactor-grade-and-weapons-grade-plutonium-in-nuclear-explosives\/\">Nuclear explosives using plutonium from a power reactor (US DOE &#8217;97)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/nuclear-weapons-using-plutonium-from-a-power-reactor\/\">Nuclear weapons using plutonium from a power reactor (US NAS &#8217;94)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/doe-facts-additional-information-concerning-underground-nuclear-weapon-test-of-reactor-grade-plutonium\/\">American Nuclear Weapons Test Using Reactor-Grade Plutonium (US DOE)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/for-nuclear-explosions-all-plutonium-is-good-plutonium\/\">For nuclear explosives, &#8220;All plutonium is good plutonium&#8221; (Sandia Labs &#8217;96)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/canadian-network-to-abolish-nuclear-weapons\/\">Statement of the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (&#8217;98)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/joint-declaration-by-the-ministers-for-foreign-affairs-of-brazil-egypt-ireland-mexico-new-zealand-slovenia-south-africa-and-sweden-the-new-agenda-coalition\/\">Eight &#8220;Foreign Ministers&#8221; Call for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons (&#8217;98)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/statement-on-nuclear-weapons-by-international-civilian-leaders\/\">International Civilian Leaders : Statement on Nuclear Weapons (Feb 98)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/75-u-s-catholic-bishops-condemn-u-s-policy-of-nuclear-deterrence\/\">75 US Bishops Reject the American Policy of Nuclear Deterrence (&#8217;98)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/statement-by-generals-and-admirals-of-the-world-against-nuclear-weapons\/\">Statement on Nuclear Weapons by International Generals and Admirals (Dec 96)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/the-canberra-commission-on-the-elimination-of-nuclear-weapons\/\">The Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (&#8217;96)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/fueling-the-nuclear-arms-race-and-how-to-stop-it\/\">Fueling the Nuclear Arms Race &#8212; and How to Stop It (Edwards &#8217;85)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/the-peaceful-atom-goes-to-war\/\">The Peaceful Atom Goes to War: Bomb Makers Against Plutonium (&#8217;78)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/text-of-the-treaty-on-the-non-proliferation-of-nuclear-weapons\/\">Text of the Non-Proliferation Treaty &#8212; Extended Indefinitely in 1995 (&#8217;68)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/the-united-states-nuclear-arsenal-in-miniature\/\">The United States Nuclear Arsenal in Miniature (photo)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/press-release-sierra-club-of-canada-campaign-for-nuclear-phaseout\/\">Press Release<\/a>\u00a0:\u00a0The Indian Bomb Tests and Canadian Accountability<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Tritium from CANDU\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/tritium-breakthrough-brings-india-closer-to-an-h-bomb-arsenal\/\">power reactors<\/a>\u00a0aids India&#8217;s H-bomb capability<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Hot-linked\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/background-on-indian-n-tests\/\">\u00a0background articles<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0on India&#8217;s nuclear weapons tests<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">Canadian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/canadian-nuclear-cooperation-with-india-pakistan\/\">Continuing Nuclear Cooperation<\/a>\u00a0with India and Pakistan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/map-of-indias-nuclear-facilities\/\">A Map of India&#8217;s Nuclear Facilities<\/a>\u00a0]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"import\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Plutonium Connection<br \/>\n~ Plutonium Imports to Canada ~<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/nuclear-technology-a-primer\/\">Nuclear Technology: A Primer<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/news\/news_briefs_p.html\">NEWS STORIES:<\/a>\u00a0Ottawa imports weapons plutonium from US and Russia<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/declaration_WSF_e_2016.pdf\">SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/declaration_endorsers.pdf\">Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/plutonium-and-nuclear-power-exploding-the-myths\/\">Plutonium: Exploding the Nuclear Myths (Edwards, 2001)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/message-to-jean-chretien-dont-bring-plutonium-into-canada\/\">CCNR Fax to Jean Chr\u00e9tien Regarding Plutonium Imports (April 1996)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/news\/news_briefs_60.html#19\">Ottawa tells Canadians fairy tales about plutonium (Edwards 00)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/why-russias-excess-plutonium-ought-to-be-immobilized-rather-than-burned\/\">Why Russia&#8217;s plutonium should be immobilized and not burned (BAS 98\/06)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/the-mox-experience-the-disposition-of-excess-russian-and-u-s-weapons-plutonium-in-canada\/\">MOX Experience &#8212; Plutonium in Canada (Griffiths, July 1997)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/do-not-approve-plutonium-imports\/\">&#8220;Do not approve plutonium imports&#8221; ~ CCNR to Transport Canada (Oct 99)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/comments-on-the-proposed-airlift-of-plutonium-fuel-from-russia\/\">CCNR&#8217;s Submission to Transport Canada re. Russian plutonium (Aug 00)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/comments-on-the-emergency-response-assistance-plan-for-the-mox-fuel-shipment-from-moscow-to-chalk-river\/\">Comments on AECL Plans for Plutonium from Moscow (Lyman Aug 00)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/deadline-extended-to-sept-15-for-public-comments-on-plutonium-imports\/\">AECL must discuss accidental spill of plutonium dust ~ Transport Canada (Aug&#8217;00)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/isnt-mox-one-way-to-phase-out-plutonium-an-exchange-of-correspondence-between-ge-of-ccnr-and-dh\/\">Isn&#8217;t MOX one way to phase out plutonium? (Aug 00)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/media-release-citizens-groups-demand-truth-from-federal-government-on-russian-plutonium-airlift-plan\/\">Media Release : Groups demand truth on plutonium airlift plan (Aug 00)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/transport-canada-assurances-plutonium-fuel-will-not-be-flown\/\">Transport Canada Assurances: &#8220;Plutonium Will Not Be Flown&#8221; (Nov &#8217;99)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/inadequacy-of-the-iaeas-air-transport-regulations-the-case-of-mox-fuel\/\">Inadequate Regulations for Air Transport of Plutonium (Lyman &#8217;97)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/policing-plutonium-the-civil-liberties-fallout\/\">Policing Plutonium: The Civil Liberties Fallout (Harvard Law 1975)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/summary-legal-opinion-regarding-plutonium-air-transport-in-canada-by-theresa-a-mcclenaghan-and-paul-muldoon\/\">CELA Legal Opinion: Canadian airlift of plutonium was illegal (CELA 00\/02)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/findings-on-the-toxicity-of-plutonium\/\">Findings on the Toxicity of Plutonium (Amer. Nuclear Soc. &#8217;97)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/how-much-plutonium-does-it-take-to-overdose-a-person\/\">How much plutonium does it take to overdose a person? (AECB\/CCNR 00\/02)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/for-nuclear-explosions-all-plutonium-is-good-plutonium\/\">For nuclear explosives, &#8220;All plutonium is good plutonium&#8221; (Sandia Labs &#8217;96)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/using-weapons-derived-plutonium-fuel-in-candu-reactors\/\">Using Weapons-Derived Plutonium to Fuel CANDU Reactors (AECL &#8217;97)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/burning-weapons-plutonium-in-candu-reactors\/\">What does &#8220;burning weapons plutonium in nuclear reactors&#8221; mean? (NAS &#8217;94)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/plutonium-peace-or-profit\/\">Plutonium: Peace or Profits? ~ 3-part series by the North Bay Nugget (Oct 99)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/ontario-not-planning-to-use-plutonium-fuel\/\">Ontario is not actively planning to use plutonium (MOX) fuel (Aug 99)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/canada-and-the-nuclear-challenge-reducing-the-political-value-of-nuclear-weapons-for-the-twenty-first-century\/#8\">Foreign Affairs Commmittee recommends against plutonium imports (Dec\/98)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/hot-leftovers-from-a-cold-war-plutonium-imports-to-canada\/\">Hot Leftovers from a Cold War &#8212; Plutonium Imports into Canada (July 99)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/emergency-measures-meeting-in-nova-scotia-on-plutonium-transport\/\">1999 EMO Meeting in NS on plutonium transport ~ before it was scrapped<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/usa_russia_plute.html\">US-Russia Agreement on Plutonium Disposition (Sept 1 &#8217;98)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/doe_map.html\">Which routes (Los Alamos to Chalk River) will U.S. plutonium shipments take?<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/plute_day.html\">March 16, 1998 &#8212; Plutonium : An International Action Day<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/plute_hell.html\">Is it &#8220;Plutonium, Hell No!&#8221; or &#8220;Hello, Plutonium!&#8221;? (Feb &#8217;98)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/mox_ccnr_doe.html\">CCNR Brief: Plutonium Fuel Shipments, US to Canada (Sept 17 &#8217;97)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/mox_usa.html\">US Environmental Assessment: Plutonium from US to Canada (Sept 13\/97)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/cnp_alert.html\">Action Alert: Plutonium and Democracy in Canada (May &#8217;97)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/nirs_letter.html\">NIRS Letter to President Clinton About Plutonium (Jan. 1997)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ccnr.org\/ccnr-position-on-plutonium-imports\/\">CCNR&#8217;s Position on Plutonium Imports (Sept. 1996)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/Plute_Nucaware.html\">Nuclear Awareness Project: Keep Plutonium Out\u00a0Of\u00a0Canada\u00a0(April&#8217;96)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/irene.html\">Brief on Plutonium Imports by Nuclear Awareness Project (July&#8217;96)<\/a>\u00a0]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/ccnr.org\/Plute_Anyone.html\">Plutonium Anyone? &#8212; Ploughshares Article by G. 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