Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation

It also owned a nuclear reprocessing facility and its activities included uranium exploration in Australia and disposal of high-level waste.

Another event from PNC's history is an image character called プルト君 (Puruto-kun), which is similar to saying "Plutonium boy".

Promotional videos that PNC released showed Puruto-kun debunking various fears about plutonium, such as: The image character received harsh criticisms from international press.

The question of the degree of harm which is caused by "bad guys" dropping plutonium into the sea is not a simple question; the radioactive power pack containing plutonium-238 which was intended for use in space for the Apollo 13 Moon mission was wrapped in a heat-resistant package which is likely to prevent leaking of plutonium for a very long time.

However, plutonium released in the form of nitrate or fine powder is likely to absorb onto mineral particles such as silt.