Archive: Fissile material cutoff and elimination

1. August 28, 2025 United Kingdom allocates £154 million to prepare for plutonium disposal
2. January 16, 2023 US begins shipping excess plutonium to WIPP for disposition
3. May 24, 2020 No clear path forward for Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty
4. January 6, 2020 US debates its future needs for enriched uranium for military and other purposes
5. August 29, 2019 Russia uses civilian reactor-grade plutonium to produce MOX fuel for BN-800
6. March 14, 2019 Conference on Disarmament fails to re-establish subsidiary bodies
7. February 11, 2019 NRC terminates construction authorization for the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility
8. October 21, 2018 New IPFM report on remote detection of undeclared reprocessing
9. September 26, 2018 UN high-level fissile material cut-off treaty expert preparatory group report: little prospect for progress
10. September 5, 2018 Subsidiary Body of the Conference on Disarmament discusses Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty
11. May 23, 2018 U.S. Department of Energy takes steps to halt construction of partially finished MOX plant at Savannah River Site
12. April 8, 2017 WIPP facility receives first shipment since reopening
13. March 5, 2017 United States to ship neptunium to Canada as part of Pu-238 production
14. March 3, 2017 High Level FMCT Expert Preparatory Group begins its work
15. December 5, 2016 United States asks IAEA to monitor dilute and dispose steps for 6 tons of plutonium
16. December 2, 2016 U.S. Congress sustains MOX facility construction
17. October 3, 2016 Russia suspends implementation of plutonium disposition agreement
18. September 24, 2016 Disposition of plutonium in Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
19. June 27, 2016 Proliferation assessment of third generation laser uranium enrichment technology
20. April 15, 2016 Dealing with Russia's concerns about the isotopics of disposed plutonium
21. April 7, 2016 Russia raises concerns about changes in U.S. plutonium disposition plan
22. March 31, 2016 United States releases an update of its HEU inventory
23. March 22, 2016 Plutonium from Japan is shipped to the United States
24. March 15, 2016 United States attempts to unblock fissile material treaty negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament
25. February 25, 2016 Experts write to U.S. Secretary of Energy Moniz to support termination of the MOX project
26. February 22, 2016 United States brings plutonium from Germany, Switzerland, and Japan
27. February 10, 2016 United States to discontinue construction of MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility
28. January 6, 2016 Could the U.S. Waste Isolation Pilot Plant go critical if more plutonium were disposed in it?
29. January 6, 2016 United States to dispose of 6 MT of weapon-grade plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
30. October 29, 2015 Chinese scholars express concern about Japan's fissile materials
31. September 24, 2015 Contractor's attempt to justify high cost of U.S. MOX program falls short
32. September 23, 2015 GAO report evaluates U.S. efforts to secure vulnerable nuclear materials
33. August 23, 2015 "Red Team" report confirms high cost of MOX option for disposal of U.S. excess plutonium
34. May 16, 2015 Independent review on escalating MOX plant costs and DOE reversal of MOX option for surplus plutonium
35. May 9, 2015 IPFM presents Global Fissile Material Report 2015 at the NPT Review Conference
36. April 30, 2015 United States has no preferred alternative for disposition of surplus plutonium
37. April 22, 2015 U.S. MOX report reveals major cost estimate increases
38. April 17, 2015 Russia removed weapon-grade plutonium from Seversk
39. April 13, 2015 Alternatives to MOX: a new report by the International Panel on Fissile Materials
40. April 9, 2015 France submitted draft fissile material cutoff treaty to the Conference on Disarmament
41. December 25, 2014 Savannah River MOX Plant secures 2015 funding but future of program remains in doubt
42. November 17, 2014 U.S. MOX plant construction license extended
43. October 14, 2014 Unmaking the Bomb: IPFM presentation at the UN First Committee
44. October 8, 2014 No changes in U.S. civilian plutonium stock in 2013
45. August 11, 2014 Pakistan outlines scope for FM(C)T intended to establish parity with India
46. June 7, 2014 Damning U.S. Department of Energy audit on cost and schedule overruns at the MOX Fabrication Facility at the Savannah River Site
47. May 6, 2014 IPFM Presentation at 2014 NPT Prepcom: "Next Steps in Increasing Transparency of Nuclear Warhead and Fissile Material Stocks for Nuclear Disarmament"
48. March 24, 2014 United States and Japan to remove plutonium and HEU from Fast Critical Assembly
49. March 5, 2014 United States puts MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility on cold standby
50. February 23, 2014 Further increase in the cost of U.S. plutonium disposition program
51. February 3, 2014 Possible changes in U.S. and Russian excess plutonium disposition programs
52. January 27, 2014 Japan to return plutonium used in critical assembly to the United States
53. November 14, 2013 Last HEU-LEU program shipment to leave Russia
54. October 22, 2013 FOIA document indicates cost of disposal of U.S. plutonium as waste cheaper than MOX
55. August 30, 2013 Transfer of Georgian HEU spent fuel from Dounreay to Savannah River Site
56. July 19, 2013 States' views on a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons
57. July 4, 2013 United States to look for more efficient plutonium disposition options
58. April 24, 2013 IPFM releases report on transparency in nuclear disarmament
59. March 20, 2013 The cost of the U.S. MOX plant is estimated to be $7.7 billion
60. February 13, 2013 The cost of U.S. MOX plant reached $6.8 billion
61. September 27, 2012 United States begins shipments of plutonium from Savannah River to WIPP