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...report's author, Matthew G. Bunn, the Kennedy School's assistant director of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, said surplus stores of plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU) have posing an increased threat to U.S. security. Both plutonium and HEU can be used to make nuclear bombs...
According to a Boston Globe article published Saturday, Russia is believed to have a stockpile of 160 tons of plutonium and more than 1,000 tons of HEU located in 40 sites...