Table 1: Quantities of plutonium and methods of disposition.

For the Russian Federation

 

For the United States of America


Quantity
(tonnes)

Form

Method of disposition

 

Quantity
(tonnes)

Form

Method of disposition

25.00

Pits and clean metal

Irradiation

 

25.00

Pits and clean metal

Irradiation

9.00

Oxide

Irradiation

 

0.57

Oxide

Irradiation

 

2.70

Impure metal

Immobilisation

 

5.73

Oxide

Immobilisation


Management of plutonium derived from military programmes

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