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Written by Glenn Carroll
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Saturday, 01 September 2007 |
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See the attached file for notes on MOX and NRC by Glenn Carroll.
 MOXandNRC_Notes
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Written by Glenn Carroll
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Tuesday, 17 April 2007 |
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Glenn Carroll, Lou Zeller, and Susan Corbett attended the NRC's MOX meeting Thursday, April 12th, in Aiken, South Carolina. Glenn Carroll provided the following report:
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Written by Joe Whetstone
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Tuesday, 17 April 2007 |
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Construction on the MOX (Plutonium Fuel) is scheduled to be done by the end of 2015, with a total project cost of $4.7 billion for a facility -- up from a $550 million price tag in 1998. Officials still want to procede regardless of cost overruns.
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islandpacket.com _ Despite costs, S.C. plutonium site will op...
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Written by Louis Zeller (BREDL)
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Tuesday, 17 April 2007 |
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The Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League opposes the use of plutonium fuel in commercial
nuclear power reactors. While we
support the goal of putting plutonium into non-weapons usable form, we believe
that the use of plutonium as a reactor fuel is wrong for environmental,
economic, public health, and national security reasons. By encouraging a plutonium economy in
Russia and the United States, the plutonium fuel program undermines
international agreements for nuclear non-proliferation.
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 02 February 2005 |
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The final environmental impact statement on the first nuclear fuel
factory in the United States to convert weapons grade plutonium and
depleted uranium into mixed oxide (MOX) fuel for nuclear power plants
was released Friday by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "Human health
impacts include potential exposure to radiological and chemical
materials via pathways associated with air, water, soil, and the food
chain," the impact statement says.
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