Securing Loose Nukes in Chile
Enrique Siques for TIME
The Spent Fuel Pond
HEU lies in baskets in a bath used to store spent fuel at Lo Aguirre. The NNSA's efforts are a legacy of the Atoms for Peace program, a 1950s-era initiative that oversaw the distribution of nuclear materials to about 50 countries around the world, under the stipulations that they be used only for peaceable purposes and that they remain subject to inspection.
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