Mixed oxide fuel rss

China approaches reprocessing commitment

Waste and Recycling

26 April 2013

Holland, Xi, April 2013 (Elysee / P Segrette) 73x48China is to reprocess used reactor fuel at a plant supplied by Areva, according to a letter of intent signed in Beijing yesterday. Areva said it was a milestone that represented a signature on part of a contract for sale.

Rethink slows MOX construction

Waste and Recycling

18 April 2013

Installation work in MOX Process Building, June 2010 (NNSA) 72x48Work on a facility to convert weapons plutonium into reactor fuel is to be slowed down as the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) reconsiders its plutonium disposition strategy.

Russia speeds up nuclear investment

Nuclear Policies

22 November 2012

Medvedev, November 2012 60x48Russian leaders have affirmed the strategic and economic importance of nuclear technology to the country, announcing that spending will rise and a major development program will be accelerated.

UK swaps plutonium to balance MOX policies

Waste and Recycling

23 April 2013

A series of exchanges has seen the UK take control of three tonnes of plutonium it had been storing for foreign firms. The country's goal is to use plutonium stocks as reactor fuel for power generation.

US watchdog issues MOX plant snapshot

New Nuclear

21 March 2013

A mixed oxide (MOX) fuel plant under construction at Savannah River as part of the USA's plutonium disposition program is likely to start up three years later than originally planned, the US Government Accountability Office has suggested in published testimony.

Transporter wins injunction against Greenpeace

Waste and Recycling

19 November 2012

Atlantic Osprey, 26 September 2012 (Fred Dott - Greenpeace) 80x48Nuclear material transporter International Nuclear Services has secured an injunction against further "irresponsible and unsafe actions" by Greenpeace towards its operations.