UK MOX plant to close

摘要

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said, 3 August that the Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP) should close at the 'earliest practical opportunity.' The closure is a direct consequence of the Fukushima incident, as the facility gets its business from Japanese utilities. The NDA said "In order to ensure that the UK taxpayer does not carry a future financial burden from SMP...the only reasonable course of action is to close SMP at the earliest practical opportunity." The conclusion comes after a review of the impacts of Fukushima on commercial arrangements for SMP, which NDA worked on with the plant's Japanese customers.