Wait, is that an oxymoron?

Nuclear Waste: How a huge U.S. nonproliferation program became a major proliferation concern | The Center for Public Integrity

Its aim is to eliminate 34 metric tons of U.S. plutonium — or 40 percent of the U.S. stockpile of military plutonium — in exchange for a similar destruction of 34 tons of plutonium in Russia.  

But that noble goal has slowly turned into a classic Washington disaster.

It's not easy keeping track.