IEER SDA Volume 4, Number 3

Retrospective on the Nuclear Age:

Cumulative global
plutonium production

Rough Estimates of Cumulative Global Plutonium Production
in metric tons
Type 1945 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 1994, end year
Subtotal Military 0.1 2 45 130 210 265 270
Unseparated commercial 0 0 0 1 145 530 750
Separated commercial 0 0 0 5 40 120 180
Subtotal commercial 0 0 0 6 185 650 930
Total 0.1 2 45 136 395 915 1,200

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