KAMENOGORSK, Kazakhstan, Oct 8, SPA -- A U.S.-based nonproliferation group and Kazakh officials on Saturday unveiled a project to eliminate nearly 3 metric tons (3.3 short tons) of weapons-grade nuclear fuel that could be used to make some two dozen atomic bombs. The US$2 million (¤1.65 million) project is part of nonproliferation efforts. It was initiated by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the threat of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. The group and the Kazakh nuclear industry shared the costs. NTI co-founder Ted Turner used the announcement ceremony to urge the United States and Russia "to reduce their nuclear weapons as much as possible." "Fifteen years after the end of the Cold War, it's crazy," he was quoted as saying by The Associated Press.
