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On the recordApril 20, 2010
Mr. Baker, you had talked earlier about the disposition of 34 metric tons of weapon-grade plutonium by converting it to the fuel for the commercial power reactors.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida
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Bill Nelson discusses the conversion of plutonium for reactor fuel.

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