Articles:

• Plutonium as an Energy Source (Large file)
  by Arjun Makhijani
  This article reviews the basic facts regarding plutonium use and provides some cost and technical analysis of the issue.

• Editorial: IEER Recomendations on Plutonium Management
  Disposition of world-wide plutonium stockpiles is an urgent problem. While many speak of reprocessing and using plutonium to fuel nuclear reactors as "recycling," IEER believes that vitrification, not use as fuel, is the best method of plutonium disposition.

• Nuclear Power and its Role in Global Electricity and Energy
  by Anita Seth
  Statistics on global energy consumption, nuclear power production, new reactor construction, and more.

• Comparison of Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power
  by Arjun Makhijani
  A qualitative comparison of the environmental effects of projected uses of fossil fuels and nuclear reactors to provide power.

• Annotated Bibliography

• Glossary of terms used in this newsletter