nuclear waste

Rotten to the core

Last edited 1 November 2001 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Revelations about BNFL's business and Sellafield since publication of the three nuclear installations inspectorate safety reports

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Poll shows overwhelming popular support for ban on nuclear discharges

Last edited 26 June 2000 at 8:00am
26 June, 2000

Eight out of ten people who live in the European countries which have spent nuclear fuel reprocessing contracts with Sellafield (United Kingdom) or La Hague (France) say they want the discharges of radioactive waste into the sea to be stopped and prohibited, according to a series of opinion polls commissioned by Greenpeace.

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The economics of reprocessing

Last edited 31 May 2000 at 8:00am
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31 May, 2000

The reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel was always at the heart of the civilian nuclear enterprise. Separating plutonium and unburned uranium from the fuel matrix was regarded as indispensable. This was because uranium would become scarce, fast breeder reactors (dependent on large amounts of plutonium as a fuel) would come to dominate, and radioactive waste management (RWM) would become easier with the smaller volume of high level waste (HLW) that reprocessing would isolate...

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Reprocessing and Waste Management:

Last edited 31 May 2000 at 8:00am
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31 May, 2000

John Hetherington

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The need for transports

Last edited 28 May 2000 at 8:00am
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22 March, 2007

Report 2 (135k)

Publication date: May 2000

Summary
After 40 years of nuclear power the realities of managing the spent fuel from power station reactors have to be faced. There are 2 basic options for the industry, the first being to store and then directly dispose of the fuel (providing a nuclear dump is available) The second is to send it to Sellafield for reprocessing ...

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Radiological impact of

Last edited 31 March 2000 at 9:00am
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22 March, 2007

Publication date: August 1999

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Table of contents of the seven part document prepared as a PDF.

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Radiological impact of Spent Fuel Management options

Last edited 31 March 2000 at 9:00am
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31 August, 1999

Part seven of the seven part document prepared as a PDF.

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Radiological impact of Spent Fuel Management options

Last edited 31 March 2000 at 9:00am
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31 August, 1999

Part six of the seven part document prepared as a PDF

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Radiological impact of Spent Fuel Management options

Last edited 31 March 2000 at 9:00am
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31 August, 1999

Part five of the seven part document prepared as a PDF.

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Radiological impact of Spent Fuel Management options

Last edited 31 March 2000 at 9:00am
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22 August, 1999

Part four of the seven part document prepared as a PDF.

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