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Stop producing plutonium, to stop nuclear weapons spread

Halting production of bomb-grade materials “is in the interest of every country,” Clinton said, urging the UN to open negotiations on a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty “without further delay.”

Clinton Urges Treaty to Halt Production of Nuclear Bomb Material, Bloomberg, By Viola Gienger and Indira A.R. Lakshmanan – Mar 1, 2011 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for an international treaty to bar production of plutonium and uranium for use in nuclear bombs, saying it was a crucial step to fulfilling President Barack Obama’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons.

“Nearly 20 years after the end of the Cold War, the world has more than 20,000 nuclear weapons. As I speak to you today, centrifuges around the world are spinning out more enriched uranium,” Clinton told a meeting of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament yesterday in Geneva, where she also held separate talks on the political turmoil in Libya and across the Middle East.

Halting production of bomb-grade materials “is in the interest of every country,” Clinton said, urging the UN to open negotiations on a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty “without further delay.”

Clinton Urges Treaty to Halt Production of Nuclear Bomb Material – Bloomberg

March 1, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, technology, weapons and war