Table 2: Key Unirradiated Civil Plutonium Inventories (con't)

Separated Civil Plutonium 1997 (in tonnes) (a)

A: Holdings
in-country
B: Holdings in
other countries
C: Tonnes of A that
are foreign-owned
D: Tonnes owned
by a country (A+B-C)
Britian
60.1
0.9
6.1
54.9
France
72.3
less than 0.05
33.6
38.7
Belgium
2.8
0.8
~ 2 (b)
~ 1.6
Germany
6.0
not declared (c)
not declared
~ 24 (c)
Japan
5.0
19.1
0
24.1
Switzerland
0.7
0 to 5 (i)
less than 0.05
~ 1
Russia (j)
29.1
not declared
not declared
29.1
United States (e)
5
0
0
5
China (k)
0
0
0
0
India (f)
0.6
0
0
0.6
Netherlands (g)
0
~ 1.5 ?
0
~ 1.5
Italy (h)
0 ?
~ 0.5 ?
0
~ 0.5
TOTAL
181.6
181.0

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(a) Unless otherwise noted, the source of this information is the IAEA's INFCIRC/549 and its associated declarations; ISIS estimates are in italics. The totals of Columns A and D do not match because either the declarations are incomplete or the plutonium in Column B is in a country not listed. Although not listed here, Sweden has both reprocessing contracts and plans to use MOX fuel in its reactors.
(b) Belgian holdings in other countries were not declared in 1996, but they are approximately the quantity declared in 1997. The estimate of 2 tonnes of foreign-owned plutonium is based on discussions with Belgian nuclear officials.
(c) German holdings in other countries are estimated by assuming that this material is held in Britain, France or Belgium and that the vast bulk of Belgian, German, Japanese, Swiss, Dutch and Italian holdings outside of their countries (Column B) is equal to the amount of plutonium in Britain, France and Belgium that is foreign-owned. Central estimate for 1997 is 18 tonnes.
(e) ISIS estimate of the amount of unirradiated plutonium originally produced in civil reactors that is part of the 52.5 tonnes declared excess by the US.
(f) ISIS estimate.
(g) ISIS estimate; and information from Tom Clements. All or almost all Dutch separated plutonium is located in France.
(h) Estimate of Italian plutonium stored in Britain. ISIS does not know if Italy has an in-country stock of a few hundred kilograms of separated plutonium. It is assumed that Italian plutonium in Superphenix fuel is irradiated; if not, or if a swap happened, then the values in Column B and Column D could increase by a few tonnes.
(i) Five tonnes of plutonium in spent fuel was sent for reprocessing according to Switzerland's declaration to the IAEA. Most of this plutonium is not separated.
(j) The Russian inventory is estimated to increase by one tonne from the 1996 declaration. There is no Russian declaration for 1997 but the Russian inventory at the end of 1998 was declared as 30.3 tonnes.
(k) Not yet declared but assumed to be the same as the 1996 declaration.