The phrase "a new source of plutonium for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing nuclear energy, weapons, or scientific research where plutonium is relevant.
Example: "The research team is exploring a new source of plutonium for their experimental reactor."
Alternatives: "an alternative source of plutonium for" or "a fresh supply of plutonium for".
If completed and operational, the plant would give North Korea a new source of spent nuclear fuel from which plutonium, a fuel for nuclear weapons, can be extracted.
When North Korea announced in 2009 that it would build light water reactors and start enriching uranium for their fuel, it was the beginning of what experts called a major transition in the North's nuclear weapons program from relying solely on the production of plutonium to adding enriched uranium as a new source of bomb fuel to augment its limited plutonium stockpile.
In essence, North Korea had circumvented the agreement it made with the Clinton administration to freeze its plutonium production by moving to develop a new source of fissile material.
Over time, the reactor could provide a continuing source of plutonium for nuclear weapons.
The pro-thorium lobby maintains this was at least partly because national nuclear power programmes in the US and elsewhere were developed with a military purpose in mind: namely access to a source of plutonium for nuclear weapons.
AS NORTH KOREAN spectaculars go, the promise to blow up the cooling tower of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor, the source of plutonium for Kim Jong Il's nuclear arsenal, is a welcome new departure.
Under a 2005 agreement, North Korea shut down its reactor at Yongbyon — the source of plutonium for its nuclear weapons — and promised to dismantle its bomb-making infrastructure.
Under a 2005 agreement, North Korea shut down its reactor at Yongbyon — the source of plutonium for six or more nuclear weapons — and promised to dismantle its bomb-making infrastructure.
Last month, B Reactor, the world's first major nuclear reactor and the source of plutonium for the bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki, was designated a national historic landmark.
On Tuesday it said it planned to restart its mothballed reactor at Yongbyon, which is the source of plutonium for its nuclear weapons programme.
