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| The freighter Akatsuki-maru, laden with a ton of plutonium, arrives in Japan (1993) | |
Copyright Masaru HASHIMOTO
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| PLUTONIUM Highly toxic and radioactive plutonium, which also serves as the fuel for nuclear bombs, will be returning bit by bit from France and England, where it was sent for reprocessing. Japan will become a "plutonium superpower." | |