GE Hitachi says Prism feasible, could be built in UK with US government financial support
by I-Nuclear |
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Prism fast reactor could be built at Sellafield to burn the UK’s large
civil stockpiles of plutonium with financing support from the US
Export-Import Bank, GE Hitachi officials said July 9.
GE
Hitachi said it submitted a feasibility study to the UK Nuclear
Decommissioning Authority July 9 showing how it could use its Prism fast
reactor to dispose of the UK’s 84 tonnes of plutonium.
The
feasibility study included an independent assessment of the
licensability of the reactors by DBD Limited. DBD Limited assessed the
fast reactor design against the UK’s Safety Assessment Principles and
found that there was “no fundamental impediment” to licensing the
reactor in the UK, GE Hitachi said.
GE
Hitachi said the US government has approved export of the Prism
technology to the UK and is interested in helping to finance the project
through the US Export-Import Bank.
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