Energy Dept. Starts ‘Small’ Used-Fuel Reprocessing Effort

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The Energy Department’s Office of Nuclear Energy has begun a limited program to explore opportunities for recycling used nuclear fuel, a senior official said Tuesday. “We are starting a small effort to look at some of these options, but it’s early in development and there’s no clear outcome on where it’s going to lead,” Andrew Griffith, deputy assistant energy secretary for nuclear fuel cycle and supply chain, said during the opening presentation at the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management’s 35th Spent Fuel Management Seminar.