1. Britain's Policies on Fissile Materials: The Next Steps
... co-operation on the design and testing of nuclear weaponry. In the mid-1970s, the agreement on fissile materials, which was customarily renewed every five years, fell into abeyance due to the Carter administration's concerns that it ran counter to US non-proliferation policy. As a result, the British ... 96 and 144, then the requirement for HEU would only be half as much (1.4 to 2.9 tonnes). 7 This would then leave over five tonnes for naval reactors. The number of nuclear submarines in the British fleet is being reduced and the efficiency of their reactor cores raised significantly ......
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