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Russia Fissile Material Production and Disposition Plutonium Disposition Article
	Guide to the Article
	Introduction Risks Associated With Surplus Plutonium and the Benefits of Disposition Quantities and Physical Forms of Surplus Stocks Military Versus Civil Stocks of Spent Fuel: The Spent Fuel Standard Preferred Disposition Technologies The Permanence of Disposition Interim Storage Theft and Recovery of Plutonium After Disposition Russia and US Actions Infrastructure, Timing and Cost Proliferation Concerns and Relation to the Civil Nuclear Fuel Cycle
	Disposition Developments

IAEA Conversion Time Estimates for Nuclear Material

Russia: IAEA Estimated Conversion Times for Nuclear Material According to Form

Nuclear Material	Time to convert to weapon component
metallic plutonium and HEU	7-10 days
pure unirradiated compounds such as nitrates or oxides	1-3 weeks
plutonium or HEU in unirradiated fuel	1-3 months
low-enriched uranium	1 year

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