Rheghead
24-Jan-12, 19:45
I thought this might be of interest to people of Caithness and Dounreay.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/24/sellafield-plutonium-reactor-plans-rejected
The UK is sitting on 82 tonnes of plutonium oxide that needs a disposal solution and this idea was to build a reactor to burn it as a metal into useful low carbon electricity. But the proposals have been rejected.
What gets me is that it seems an ambitious project in order to get rid of just 82 tonnes of fissile material. A whole new reactor for what seems to be just a one shot fuelling? :eek:
But then, there may have been a future of said plant if there were longer term plans to revive a fast breeder programme?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/24/sellafield-plutonium-reactor-plans-rejected
The UK is sitting on 82 tonnes of plutonium oxide that needs a disposal solution and this idea was to build a reactor to burn it as a metal into useful low carbon electricity. But the proposals have been rejected.
What gets me is that it seems an ambitious project in order to get rid of just 82 tonnes of fissile material. A whole new reactor for what seems to be just a one shot fuelling? :eek:
But then, there may have been a future of said plant if there were longer term plans to revive a fast breeder programme?