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Trump is planning a
dangerous give-away to
private reactor
start-ups -- plutonium
from the weapons
stockpile -- and a
former board member of
one of those recipient
companies is now
Energy Secretary,
reports Linda Pentz
Gunter. In France,
antinuclear activists
gathered to resist
plans for nuclear fuel
pool expansion at the
La Hague reprocessing
site.
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On
December 31, the Trump
White House will
reveal which lucky
startup companies will
receive free plutonium
needed for their new
reactor fuel. Trump
will free up between
20-25 tons, according
to reports, going
against US energy
policy that has long
avoided the transfer
of nuclear
weapons-usable
materials into the
commercial sector. One
likely recipient is
Oklo, on whose board
Trump's present energy
secretary, Chris
Wright (pictured) once
sat. READ
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Furious
fairies fight back
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A long weekend of action
in Normandy, France,
further built up
resistance to the
proposed radioactive
waste fuel pool
expansion at La Hague
and the long-opposed
Bure radioactive waste
dump. Drawing on
Normandy culture and
legends, the weekend
centered around the
local traditional
rallying cry of
'Haro!' and culminated
in a protest featuring
the 'furious fairies'
and other mythical
characters. READ
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