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Mixed plutonium-uranium reactor in Japan loses coolant system as government ...AMSTERDAM – Japan's earthquake-rocked nuclear industry faced fresh problems on Sunday evening Japanese times as it became apparent that reactor unit 3 at the Fukushima Daiichi plant – which runs on a plutonium-based fuel – has lost its emergency ... read more
MN gov's terms vex lawmakers on nuclear power bill
Dayton wants a clearer plan for storing new nuclear waste, assurances that ratepayers won't get stuck with costs for plants that don't leave the drawing board and a guarantee that spent fuel won't be turned into weapons-grade plutonium. Rep. ... read more
Rolf Westgard: Spent nuclear fuel: More opportunity than threat
Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, that bars any new nuclear plant program that would produce "weapons grade" plutonium during reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel pellets (nuclear waste). Dayton and many others are concerned about the long-term storage of ... read more
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