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Monday, July 20, 2015

Department of Energy Sharpens the Budget Axe for South Carolina MOX Plant

Posted: 20 Jul 2015 04:35 AM PDT
As part of a unique nonproliferation agreement with Russia, the US is building a mixed oxide fuel production plant in South Carolina to downblend 34 tonnes of weapons grade plutonium with uranium oxide (U308) to make it into mixed oxide fuel (MOX). The Russians are disposing of a similar tonnage of plutonium.read morehttp://www.theenergycollective.com/dan-yurman/2250889/doe-sharpens-budget-axe-south-carolina-mox-plant

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