Above Fig. 1: Windscale/Sellafield towers stand over Magnox(1) reactors built in the 1950s, where Plutonium for nuclear weapons was generated. When the ten-year-old reprocessing facility is closed, 100 tons of radioactive Plutonium must be stored.  (Source: Macalister, T., Guardian, Feb. 15, 2009.)     “The decision to drop two atomic … Continue reading →