Satellite pictures suggest Pakistan is planning to increase its plutonium production. Geoff Brumfiel finds out what the images show, and why the discovery is important.
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Brumfiel, G. Pakistan's plutonium. Nature (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/news060724-10
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