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MOX in limbo as government assesses possible alternatives via The Augusta Chronicle

Posted on 2013/09/18 by norma field

The government’s MOX project is mired in layers of limbo that could come to a head when a new federal budget year begins Oct. 1. The facility designed to turn bomb-grade plutonium into commercial reactor fuel is midway through a … Continue reading →

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プルトニウム:保有２９．５トン　原発停止で消費進まず via 毎日jp

Posted on 2013/09/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

　内閣府は１１日、日本が国内外で保有する核分裂性プルトニウムは２０１２年末時点で２９．５トンで、前年の２９．６トンとほぼ変わらなかったと原子力委員会に報告した。 （略） プルトニウムは 核兵器に転用できるため、保有量を毎年公表し、国際原子力機関（ＩＡＥＡ）に報告している。うち国内保管分は６．３トン（前年６．３トン）、使用済み核燃 料の再処理を委託した英国とフランスに保管している分は２３．２トン（同２３．３トン）。フランスで製造されたＭＯＸ燃料が関西電力高浜原発３号機での使 用に向けて輸送され今年６月に到着したが、報告には反映されていない。 全文はプルトニウム:保有２９．５トン　原発停止で消費進まず

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Experts urge Japan to break away from ‘failed’ nuclear reprocessing program via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2013/08/29 by norma field

In a proposal submitted to The Asahi Shimbun, researchers at an international group of nuclear experts outlined steps they say Japan must take to break away from its “failed” nuclear fuel recycling policy. Masafumi Takubo and Frank von Hippel of … Continue reading →

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Rising Tritium Could Trigger Huge Fukushima Blasts via rense.com

Posted on 2013/07/25 by norma field

By Yoichi Shimatsu YOTSUKURA, FUKUSHIMA ­ The rising level of tritium measured in kelp samples south of the Fukushima 1 nuclear site is an indicator of intensifying nuclear reactions deep in the soil below the cracked reactors. Following the meltdowns … Continue reading →

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Protestas en Japón por la llegada de un barco con combustible nuclear via NTN24

Posted on 2013/06/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Decenas de manifestantes antinucleares protestaron este jueves contra la llegada a la central atómica de Takahama (centro del país) de un barco francés cargado de combustible para abastecer los reactores de la planta, en el primer envío de este tipo … Continue reading →

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MOX Fuel Shipment Arrives In Japan For Takahama Nuclear Plant via NucNet

Posted on 2013/06/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

27 Jun (NucNet): The first shipment of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel to Japan since before the March 2011 accident at Fukushima-Daiichi has arrived at a port in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, for delivery to the Takahama nuclear power plant. Areva said … Continue reading →

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How Fiscal Conservatives Learned to Love a $20 Billion Nuke Plant via Mother Jones

Posted on 2013/06/26 by norma field

Before retiring from Congress four years ago, David Hobson, a powerful subcommittee chairman, says he couldn’t fathom why the Energy Department was so determined to build a multibillion dollar plant in South Carolina for transforming plutonium into fuel for US … Continue reading →

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Kepco’s MOX load to arrive June 27 via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/06/17 by norma field

OSAKA – Two ships carrying uranium-plutonium oxide fuel for the Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, will arrive on June 27 — the first batch of MOX to be sent to Japan since the Fukushima disaster in March 2011. … Continue reading →

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SELLAFIELD’S MOX PLANT COST TAXPAYERS £2.2BN via The Cumberland News

Posted on 2013/06/11 by norma field

A version of the Sellafield Mox Plant – Lessons Learned Review has been released under Freedom of Information legislation. It sets out the problems during the commissioning and operation of the plant, which shut in 2011, and makes a dozen … Continue reading →

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Senators voice MOX support via The Aiken Standard

Posted on 2013/05/18 by norma field

COLUMBIA — Republican senators from South Carolina and Georgia have called on the Obama administration to continue funding a program to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel, saying that slowing or ending the project would harm international and … Continue reading →

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