UK waives nuclear waste rule for Georgia

摘要

Britain has temporarily waived an agreement that reprocessed nuclear fuel must be returned to its country of origin to enable it to accept a consignment of fresh and spent fuel from Georgia. The 5.1-kg consignment, from a shutdown research reactor near Tbilisi, was transferred to a reprocessing facility at Dounreay in, northern Scotland last week. The move, which has been harshly criticized by some anti-nuclear activists, was designed to reduce the risk of illegal trade in weapons-grade uranium.