Confirmation yesterday from Eneregy Minister John Battle that the BNFL ships to be used in transporting plutonium fuel from Sellafield to Japan this spring will be armed has been roundly condemned by CORE (Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment). The ships will also carry extra military guards on the 40-day, 15,000 mile journey. CORE said … [Continue Reading]
German Reprocessing Contracts Axed
CORE welcomes last night’s decision by the new German Government to ban further reprocessing of their spent nuclear fuel at Sellafield as from 1st January 2000. The decision is a major blow to BNFL’s reprocessing business at the THORP plant and may well lead to cancellations of contracts from other European customers in the near … [Continue Reading]
Sellafield shamed into taking back rejected plutonium fuel from Japan
BNFL’s Japanese MOX fuel customer Kansai Electric has confirmed that it has washed its hands of the 8 MOX fuel assemblies fabricated at Sellafield’s MOX Demonstration Facility (MDF) and controversially shipped to Japan last summer. Kansai Electric has announced its plans to return the plutonium fuel, subject of quality assurance data falsification by MDF workers, … [Continue Reading]