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Reprocessing

Reprocessing - the chemical separation of uranium and plutonium from irradiated reactor fuel - is arguably the most dangerous and dirty phase of the nuclear fuel chain. Reprocessing generates huge waste streams with no management solution and isolates plutonium, the fissile component of a nuclear weapon. Countries such as England and France, where reprocessing has been carried out for decades, face a legacy of contamination and an enormous plutonium surplus vulnerable to theft or attack.

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Entries from August 1, 2016 - August 31, 2016

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Aug252016

DOE's SRS returning H-Canyon reprocessing facilities to full operability

As reported by World Nuclear News, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) is returning its H-Canyon reprocessing facilities to full operability.

This comes as DOE, along with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Department of Transportation, and other agencies, have signed off on up to 150 truckloads of highly radioactive liquid waste, traveling from Chalk River nuclear labs in Ontario, to SRS, beginning as early as September 2016.

For more information about the risks of this highly radioactive waste liquid transport and reprocessing scheme, see Beyond Nuclear's Waste Transportation website section.

DateAugust 25, 2016 | Print ArticlePrint Article | |