DOE seeks input on Mox fuel

The Department of Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority on Friday started a public input process on the proposed recycling of nuclear weapons into nuclear power plant fuel, and already there are objections.

The National Nuclear Security Administration, a part of the DOE, posted notice on the Federal Register that DOE will hold a 60-day public comment period on its Draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. The document analyzes the potential environmental impacts of different methods of disposing of plutonium from nuclear weapons.
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