What Does the "Megatons to Megawatts" Program Do

question 55

Multiple Choice

What does the "Megatons to Megawatts" program do?

• A) It converts highly enriched uranium from Soviet nuclear weapons to low-enriched uranium for the production of nuclear power.
• B) It de-activates highly enriched uranium from Soviet nuclear weapons so that it will no longer be a toxic environmental hazard.
• C) It re-educates nuclear weapons specialists from the Soviet era to prepare them for careers in nuclear energy generation for peaceful uses.
• D) It takes highly enriched uranium from Soviet nuclear weapons and makes that material available for cancer-fighting radiation therapy.
• E) All of the choices are correct.

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