Wednesday
Mar182020
Sellafield nuclear waste site (in U.K.) to close due to coronavirus
Magnox reprocessing plant will begin controlled shutdown after 8% of staff self-isolate
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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March 18, 2020