Edwin S. LymanThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a contract to the consortium Duke Cogema Stone and Webster (DCS) to dispose of up to 33 tonnes of excess weapons-grade plutonium (WG-Pu) by irradiating it in the form of mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in four U.S. commercial pressurized-water reactors (PWRs). This paper estimates the increase in risk to the public from using WG-MOX at these reactors and finds that it exceeds recently established Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) guidelines.
It only increases the public health risk and can never be regarded a solution for the plutonium proliferation, while it enlarges the plutonium stock in the reactor !Ak Malten, Pro Peaceful Energy Use
Public Health Risks of Substituting Mixed-Oxide For Uranium Fuel in Pressurized-Water Reactors (pdf)
Also of interest is the following:
The Military-Industrial-Utility Complex and the NIX/MOX Campaign - NIRS
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