Nuclear Weapons 337 - The U.S. Is Obligated To Dispose Of Thirty Four Metric Tons Of Excess Plutonium - Part 2 of 2 Parts
Part 2 of 2 parts (Please read Part 1 first)
Part 2 of 2 parts (Please read Part 1 first)
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Great progress has been made in nuclear disarmament since the height of the Cold War when both the U.S. and Russia had tens of thousands of nuclear warheads. Now they are down to about five thousand warheads each.
For decades radioactive pollution has been leaking into groundwater and a creek from a landfill for nuclear waste near Barnwell, South Carolina. The landfill opened in 1971 and is currently managed by the Chem-Nuclear company.
The world has lived under the threat of all-out nuclear war for sixty years. At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. and the Soviet Union each had tens of thousands of nuclear warheads. Now the U.S. and Russia have under five thousand warheads each thanks to disarmament treaties.
Last year, Congress passed a tough sanctions bill against Russia and Russian oligarchs in retaliation for their interference in our 2016 elections. The Trump administration refused to implement the sanctions until the political pressure made them impossible to ignore.