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Russia withdraws from 25-year-old weapons-grade plutonium agreement
Russia’s lower house of Parliament, the State Duma, approved a measure to withdraw from a 25-year-old agreement with the United States to cut back on the leftover plutonium from Cold War–era nuclear weapons.
John E. Metzler
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 2 | Number 3 | July 1982 | Pages 549-553
Technical Paper | Special Section Contents | doi.org/10.13182/FST82-A20795
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The programmatic trend today in magnetic fusion is for greater international cooperation to stretch limited resources and maintain scientific momentum. When national programs exist of comparable size and capability, international agreements are drawn up to ensure an equitable sharing of benefits and liabilities. Some of the issues addressed in planning and developing an international research and development program in magnetic fusion are explored.