Opinion: U.S. stands to benefit from MOX fuel

Opinion: U.S. stands to benefit from MOX fuel
Converting weapons-grade plutonium into fuel for nuclear plants is safe and reasonable, writes James McGovern, an energy consultant to the government and industry. About 1.1 tons of plutonium that is converted into mixed oxide fuel for reactors can generate approximately 18 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, which would be sufficient to power 3 million homes for a year. "We have a great deal of surplus plutonium in the U.S. weapons stockpile, and we should begin to exploit this valuable resource as soon as possible," McGovern writes. The Times (Trenton, N.J.)