Special nuclear material

Special nuclear material

Plutonium, uranium-233, or uranium enriched in the isotopes uranium-233 or uranium-235.

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special nuclear material

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Plutonium, uranium-233, or uranium enriched in the isotopes uranium-233 or uranium-235.

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