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How many states have weapons-grade fissile material?

April 26, 2017fissile material weapons-grade

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How many states have weapons-grade fissile material?

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There are about 40 states with approximately 2,070 tons of weapons-usable fissile material, enough to make more than 130,000 nuclear weapons. (For more information, see Matthew Bunn and Anthony Wier, Controlling Nuclear Warheads and Materials, http://www.nti.org/e_research/cnwm/threat/global.