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Cold War warhead plutonium is handed to private reactor firms

development2026-06-01

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The White House tapped five private firms to turn more than 50 tons of surplus weapons-grade plutonium from dismantled warheads into reactor fuel, while MIT researchers unveiled a low-temperature process pulling battery-grade lithium from hard rock at about half the usual cost.

Reported metric: 50+ tons

Reporting date: 2026-06-01 (not necessarily the event date)

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Cold War warhead plutonium is handed to private reactor firms
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Reporting date: 2026-06-01
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-01-warhead-plutonium-becomes-reactor-fuel
Claim: The White House tapped five private firms to turn more than 50 tons of surplus weapons-grade plutonium from dismantled warheads into reactor fuel, while MIT researchers unveiled a low-temperature process pulling battery-grade lithium from hard rock at about half the usual cost.
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- Welcome to June 1, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-1-2026
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