U.S. plans radioactive project (Plutonium) -Original

The New York Times
Monday, June 27, 2005

The Bush administration is planning the government's
first production of plutonium 238 - a highly radioactive
substance valued as a power source - since the Cold War,
stirring debate over the risks and benefits of the deadly
material. It is hot enough to melt plastic and so
dangerous that a speck can cause cancer.

Federal officials say the program would produce a total
of 330 pounds, or 150 kilograms, over 30 years at the
Idaho National Laboratory, a sprawling site outside Idaho
Falls some 100 miles, or 160 kilometers, to the west and
upwind of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. The
program could cost $1.5 billion and generate more than
50,000 drums of hazardous and radioactive waste.

Project managers say that most if not all of the new
plutonium is intended for secret missions and declined to
divulge any details.

"The real reason we're starting production is for
national security," Timothy Frazier, head of radioisotope
power systems at the Department of Energy, said at the
end of a recent interview.

He vigorously denied that any of the classified missions
would involve nuclear arms, satellites or weapons in
space...

More at:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/26/news/nuke.php

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U.S. plans radioactive project (Plutonium) -Original

The New York Times
Monday, June 27, 2005

The Bush administration is planning the government's
first production of plutonium 238 - a highly radioactive
substance valued as a power source - since the Cold War,
stirring debate over the risks and benefits of the deadly
material. It is hot enough to melt plastic and so
dangerous that a speck can cause cancer.

Federal officials say the program would produce a total
of 330 pounds, or 150 kilograms, over 30 years at the
Idaho National Laboratory, a sprawling site outside Idaho
Falls some 100 miles, or 160 kilometers, to the west and
upwind of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. The
program could cost $1.5 billion and generate more than
50,000 drums of hazardous and radioactive waste.

Project managers say that most if not all of the new
plutonium is intended for secret missions and declined to
divulge any details.