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• MOX & commercial nuclear updates from Japan

  Two reactors start using it. With these reports Idaho Samizdat is pleased to announce the start of posting selected dispatches via NucNet from the World Nuclear Organization. ( NucNet ) (Jan 18) The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has given permission for the Tohoku Electric Power Company to use uranium-plutonium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at Onagawa-3. The government approval,... Posted Jan 21 2010, 08:07 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: MOX fuel, Nuclear energy, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, NucNet

• The future of MOX fuel

  Nations hungry for energy are investing billions in new plants to make it Recent claims by environmental groups, and some attention in mainstream media reports , on the outcome of a long-term core test of MOX fuel at Duke Energy's Catawba nuclear power station missed two essential points.  One of them is the commercial potential of MOX fuel and the other is that it is safe to use. On the safety... Posted Aug 10 2008, 02:03 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: MOX fuel

• US pledges to reduce plutonium weapons stockpile

  Nine tons will be gone by 2012 At the GNEP meeting taking place in Vienna, Austria, this week the U.S. pledged to remove nine metric tons of plutonium, enough to make over 1,000 weapons, from its weapons stockpile. U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman made the pledge on Monday. That's 18,941 pounds or about 20 pounds of plutonium per bomb. It sure doesn't take much to wipe out civilization. Anyway,... Posted Sep 18 2007, 02:44 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: GNEP, MOX fuel, plutonium

• MOX fuel plant breaks ground at Savannah River

  The $4.8B facility will convert 34 tons of weapons-grade plutonium to reactor fuel Construction started this month on the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility at Savannah River, SC. The facility when operational will convert 34 tons of surplus U.S. weapons-grade plutonium into mixed oxide fuel. The plant is part of an agreement with Russia for each country to dispose of 34 tons each of surplus plutonium... Posted Aug 10 2007, 10:47 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NNSA, Savannah River Plant, MOX fuel