UK chooses to reuse Pu

摘要

In February 2011, the UK government published a consultation about its plans to deal with 84 tonnes of separated Plutonium (it currently holds 112 tonnes; 28 tonnes belongs to foreign utilities). The department of energy and climate change (DECC) considered three management options: continued long-term storage, immobilisation and direct disposal, or reuse of plutonium as mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel. It selected reuse as a preferred option over th( previous policy of long-term storage, and reaffirmed its decision in December after reviewing 100 comments from a February-May consultation.