Allison Macfarlane
Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
December, 2000
Report of the Committee to Review the Spent Fuel Standard for Disposition of Excess Weapon Plutonium
Report
By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom and John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
2000
Preventing a Big Bang: Excess Weapons Plutonium Immobilization
Book Chapter
By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
May / June 1999
Russia's Nukes --Canning Plutonium: Faster and Cheaper
Journal Article, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, issue 3, volume 55
By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
September 1998
Immobilization of Excess Weapon Plutonium: A Better Alternative to Glass
Journal Article, Science & Global Security, volume 7
By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Both Russia and the United States are faced with decisions on how to dispose of plutonium and highly enriched uranium recovered from dismantled warheads, and from various nuclear weapons facilities. In the U.S., the Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that 50 or more metric tonnes (MT) of weapons plutonium and hundreds of metric tonnes of highly-enriched uranium (HEU) will be considered "excess." Disposition of these materials is essential for national and international security reasons.
