Keeping our options open in the UK

摘要

For half a century, the UK's nuclear industry has been involved in all stages of the fuel cycle (except mining), from front-end activities: uranium enrichment and processing, through to back-end processes of storage, reprocessing, waste management and disposal. With the decision to close Thorp this year and Magnox in 2020, the UK will transition from a partially closed to a fully open fuel cycle with interim storage and other methods of disposal and re-use.