Nuclear survival on the line

摘要

British Nuclear Fuel's mixed oxide fuel plant at Sellafield is crucial to the company's fortunes. But five years after it was built, consent to operate it continues to be elusive. ANDREW CAVENAGH asks: what next for BNFL? Norman Askew must have been fuming. On 22 June, the chief executive of British Nuclear Fuels heard the government announce he would have to wait at least another two months for a decision on whether he would be able to operate a fuel-manufacturing plant at Sellafield.