US state bars plutonium shipments
bbcnews | 15.06.2002 11:51
"I order that the transportation of plutonium on South Carolina roads and highways is prohibited," Mr Hodges was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying.
"I order that any persons transporting plutonium shall not enter the state of South Carolina."
His decision follows a refusal by a US federal judge to block the shipments of weapons-grade plutonium by the US energy department from a site in Colorado....
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