RE: Deadly Plutonium ? -Reply

["Michael S Ford" <MFORD@pantex.com>]

Keith and Al,

Short answer:

Other DOE facilities separate Pu from U and  fission/activation products creating "dirty U" --- which is not just U/EU/DU.

In order to get the most use out of the "feed stock", the decision was made to "recycle" separated U back into the beginning of the enrichment process.  'Didn't say it was a "good" decision.

Hence, Pu, Np, etc., etc. in Paducah

This has been borne out in some of the documents made public re: Paducah.
v/r
Michael
mford@pantex.com

> Please, how does Pu get into DU?  

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