Sellafield launches repackaging of plutonium canisters - World Nuclear News

Sellafield launches repackaging of plutonium canisters - World Nuclear News: Work has started on a five-year GBP1 billion (USD1.21 billion) programme to address an identified degradation risk in a small proportion of plutonium canisters stored at Sellafield in northwest England and dating from about 50 years ago. The start has been announced with the opening and repackaging of one such can for the first time.