Anti-nuclear groups criticize UK proposals for new MOX plant

摘要

The UK government’s proposal February 7 to buildna new mixed-oxide fuel plant to dispose of its 112-mtnstockpile of plutonium was immediately criticized bynanti-nuclear groups.nGreenpeace UK’s opposition to a new MOX plantncited a leaked June 30, 2009 cable from the US Embassynin London to Washington that was critical of the existingnSellafield MOX Plant, or SMP. A UK newspaper publishednthe cable, released by WikiLeaks, on the same daynas the UK government proposal.nMeanwhile, a Friends of the Earth campaigner in thenUS criticized the UK government’s proposal for sayingnthat re-use of plutonium as MOX was being successfullyndone in the US.