GE Hitachi can safely reprocess nuclear waste, chairman says
Jack Fuller, chairman of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, told the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future that technological advancements can help reprocess nuclear waste safely without the dangers of generating separated plutonium. The company is ready to unveil these technologies worldwide, but "as is often the case in the nuclear industry, government policy is the key to success," he said. The Hill/E2 Wire blog
The U.S. doesn’t currently reprocess nuclear waste, but advocates say that emerging technologies can enable re-use without creating separated plutonium, a proliferation risk.
“GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, a global alliance formed by GE and Hitachi, is prepared to offer these new technologies to customers around the world. However, as is often the case in the nuclear industry, government policy is the key to success,” he will tell the panel, according to a summary of his comments.
“In order to meet the demands of the predicted worldwide growth in the nuclear industry, we believe that the U.S. should adopt a national policy to recycle used nuclear fuel.”
