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    The documents below describe NCI’s initiatives
  to oppose reprocessing and avoid the use of
  plutonium-based, mixed-oxide ("MOX") fuel:
Stories on plutonium and reprocessing gathered from various sources:
 

U.S. National Academy of Sciences Report Sounds Death Knell for Use of Plutonium Fuel (MOX) in CANDU Reactors    (NCI Press Release, December 6, 2000)
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NCI Hails DOE Decision to Terminate FFTF Reactor as Nonproliferation Victory Marking End of Failed Breeder Program    (NCI Press Release, November 22, 2000)
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Panelists Warn of MOX Fuel Hazards
(Rock Hill SC Herald, November 10, 2000)
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The Safety Risks of Using Mixed-Oxide Fuels in Russia’s VVER-1000 Reactors: An Overview Dr. Edwin Lyman, NCI Scientific Director
English Text
Russian Text (Free Adobe Acrobat PDF file)
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NRC Document Reveals Vulnerable Containment Buildings at Duke Power Reactors Set to Use Plutonium Fuel (MOX)
NCI Press Release, October 19, 2000
Plutonium Fuel and Ice Condenser Reactors: A Dangerous Combination Dr. Edwin Lyman, NCI Scientific Director, October 19, 2000
NCI Letter to Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, October 18, 2000
NCI Letter to NRC Chairman Richard Meserve, October 18, 2000
NRC Reply to NCI, November 14, 2000
NCI Letter to Duke Energy CEO Richard Priory, October 18, 2000
Duke Power's Plan to Use Bomb-Plutonium Fuel Conceals Hidden Dangers and Costs Steven Dolley, NCI Research Director, October 18, 2000
Chronology of Warhead Plutonium Disposition Efforts
Concerns Raised About Nuclear Plants' Design Bruce Henderson, Charlotte Observer, October 19, 2000
Risk Factors Multiply at Carolina's Nuclear Power Plants Environmental News Service, October 20, 2000
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Ground Zero Article on weapons-plutonium disposition by Louis Jacobson, Government Executive Magazine, September 2000
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On First Anniversary of Tokai Nuclear Accident, NCI Calls for Halt to Rokkasho Plutonium Plant NCI Statement, September 27, 2000
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NCI Comments on DOE Draft Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) PEIS Thomas Clements, NCI Executive Director, September 18, 2000
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German Bundestag Should Not Allow Hanau MOX-Fuel Plant to be Exported to Russia Letter from NCI to Several SPD Members of the German Bundestag, September 12, 2000
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U.S.-Russia Weapons Plutonium Disposal Agreement is "Premature and Dangerous," Says NCI NCI Press Release, September 1, 2000
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News Coverage of U.S.-Russia Agreement
DC-Based Disarmament Group Raps Plutonium-Recycling Deal   (CNN)
Russia, USA Sign Deal to Destroy Plutonium     (Reuters)
Gore, Russia Sign Plutonium Accord     (AP)
Nuclear Disposal Deal Struck    (Augusta Chronicle)
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Comments on the "Emergency Response Assistance Plan" for the MOX Fuel Shipment from Moscow to Chalk River Dr. Edwin Lyman, NCI Scientific Director, August 25, 2000
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Organizations Condemn DOE Failure to Follow Congressional Mandate to Close Idaho Breeder Reactor; Support Inspector General's Call for Prompt Shutdown
NCI-Snake River Alliance-US PIRG Press Release, August 7, 2000
Letter from NCI and 36 Other Public-Interest Groups to DOE Secretary Bill Richardson, August 7, 2000
Audit Report: Experimental Breeder Reactor (EBR) II Termination Activities, DOE Office of the Inspector General, August 2000 [PDF file]
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DOE Decision Reveals Internal Split Over Pyroprocessing of Breeder Reactor Fuels NCI-Snake River Alliance Press Release, August 3, 2000 NCI-Snake River Alliance Press Release, August 3, 2000

May 24   
YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Transport safety tests promised Las Vegas Review-Journal 
Nuclear waste route would go through city Tullahoma News 
May 23   
Senators Push Nuclear Materials Safeguards Reuters
May 21   
Hodges, citing terror warning, urges delay on bomb material shipments Greenville News
May 20   
Studies Urge Putin, Bush To Secure Nuclear Material Washington Post
A package deal [editorial] Denver Post 
May 19   
U.S. Pushing New Russia Nonproliferation Plan New York Times
America's nuclear disposal gamble Charlotte Observer 
SRS workers sick, but not bitter The State (Columbia, SC) 
Flats cleanup will take time Denver Post 
May 18   
Clean up behind schedule regardless of South Carolina delay Rocky Mountain News 
Powdered plutonium to hit the roads Gannett News 
May 17   
Hodges seeks injunction to stop plutonium coming Greenville News 
Weaker drums ruled out at Flats Denver Post 
May 16   
National nuclear operator explores taking over FFTF Hanford News 
Bill presses for SRS plutonium shipments Augusta Chronicle 
May 15   
Hodges fights can't-lose battle The State (Columbia, SC) 
Where do they stand? The State (Columbia, SC) 
May 13   
Barcos con cargas explosivas transitaron ayer por el Canal El Siglo (in Spanish) 
Radioactive Reelection Ads In South Carolina Produce Static From Washington Washington Post

May 10
>Nuke shipments delayed 30 days; talks to continue Greenville News
>S.C. Plutonium Shipments Postponed New York Times
>Experts at Flats in wake of delay
Denver Post 
>Don't bash DOE - yet [editorial]
Denver Post
May 8
>Agency condemns Hodges' plutonium ads The State (Columbia, SC)
>Thurmond seeks delay of plutonium shipments Greenville News
>History shows governor right to stand up on nuclear waste The State
>Feds ask S.C. governor to kill anti-plutonium ad Atlanta J. & Constitution
May 7
>Hodges AD Slams Plutonium Plan Charleston Post & Courier
May 6
>Hodges' war on plutonium move igniting political, PR meltdown
The State (Columbia, SC)
May 3
>Bill sets rules for plutonium shipments The State (Columbia, SC)
>Plutonium bill introduced
Charlotte Observer
>GOP legislators file plutonium bill; Hodges will review Greenville News
>Plutonium bill introduced to protect S.C. Charleston Post & Courier
May 2
>Governor goes to court to head off shipments to Savannah River Site State
>Hodges sues DOE to stop plutonium shipments to state Greenville News
>Hodges sues DOE to halt plutonium shipments Charleston Post and Courier
>No case to close Sellafield, says Blair Irish Independent
May 1
>Hodges rejects plan to end dispute over plutonium shipments to S.C. The State
>Hodges: Graham plutonium bill not tough enough Greenville News
>Legislators hope to ‘maneuver' on plutonium The Herald
April 30
>Hodges, Spratt object to Graham plutonium plan Greenville News
>Spratt: Plutonium deal needs more work Herald (S. Carolina)
>Graham urges quick filing of waste bill Charleston Post & Courier
April 29
>'Shut Sellafield campaign is election issue' Irish Independent
April 27
>Group says plutonium containers unsafe State (S. Carolina)
>State's congressmen want legally binding plutonium deal
Greenville News
>MOX ships depart U.K. for Japan
Japan Times
April 24
>Duke Power reaffirms plutonium-use plans Charlotte Observer

 
 
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NCI to National Academy of Sciences: NAS Report on Electrometallurgical Processing of Spent Fuel "Misleading," Should Be Revised Dr. Edwin Lyman, NCI Scientific Director, and Paul Leventhal, NCI President, April 21, 2000 Dr. Edwin Lyman, NCI Scientific Director, and Paul Leventhal, NCI President, April 21, 2000
NAS reply to NCI, May 8, 2000
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Disposal of Weapons Plutonium in the U.S. and Russia: Issues and Options for the G-8 Steven Dolley, NCI Research Director, Issue Brief for G-8 Okinawa Summit, July 17, 2000 Steven Dolley, NCI Research Director, Issue Brief for G-8 Okinawa Summit, July 17, 2000
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Plan to Turn Weapons Plutonium into Fuel is a Bad Bargain for the U.S. and Russia NCI Press Release, June 2, 2000
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Summit Documentation on U.S.-Russian Plutonium Disposition Agreement White House Documents, June 4, 2000
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The Safety Risks of Using Mixed-Oxide Fuels in Russia’s VVER-1000 Reactors: An Overview Dr. Edwin Lyman, NCI Scientific Director, May 2000.
English Text
Russian Text (Free Adobe Acrobat PDF file)
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Duke Energy Shareholders Challenge Plan to Use Warhead Plutonium as Fuel in Reactors
NCI Press Release, March 29, 2000
Duke Shareholders' Anti-MOX Resolution
NCI Letter to Duke Shareholders, March 24, 2000
"Duke Power's Plan to Use Bomb-Plutonium Fuel Conceals Hidden Dangers and Costs," Steven Dolley, NCI Research Director, NCI Fact Sheet, March 8, 2000
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NCI and IEER: NRC's MOX Fuel Plant Review Plan Must Include Quality-Control Criteria Letter from Edwin Lyman, NCI Scientific Director, and Arjun Makhijani, president, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, to US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, March 27, 2000
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East Asia's Spent Fuel Dilemma Paul Leventhal, NCI President, presented to the 2000 Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference, Washington, DC, March 16, 2000
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US-Russian Deal to Halt Reprocessing: Overdue and Underachieving
NCI Press Release, February 8, 2000
Department of Energy Factsheet, February 7, 2000
Judith Miller, "Moscow Takes Steps to Ease US Fears on Plutonium Use," New York Times, February 7, 2000
Michael Dobbs, "US_Russian Moratorium Proposed on Plutonium Production,"
( Washington Post, February 8, 2000)
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NCI Advertising Insert for Takahama, Japan, village newspaper, January 18, 2000 Open Letter to Mayor Riichi Imai, the Town Council of Takahama and All Citizens of Takahama
English Text
Japanese Text (translation)
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"The Impact of the Use of Mixed-Oxide Fuel on the Potential for Severe Nuclear Plant Accidents in Japan" Report by Edwin S. Lyman, PhD, NCI Scientific Director, October 1999
English Text
Japanese Text (translation)
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Death of Japanese Nuclear Worker Makes Clear a Dire Need for Reform and for Halting Plutonium Use NCI Press Release, December 21, 1999
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Japan Should Halt Pluthermal (MOX) Program
NCI Press Release, December 17, 1999
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NCI to Energy Secretary Richardson: ATW Program Should Be Reviewed for Proliferation Risks Edwin S. Lyman, PhD, NCI Scientific Director, Letter to Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, November 19, 1999
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The Impact of the Use of Mixed-Oxide Fuel on the Potential for Severe Nuclear Plant Accidents in Japan Edwin S. Lyman, PhD, NCI Scientific Director, October 1999
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Understanding Japan's Nuclear Transports: The Plutonium Context Paul Leventhal and Steven Dolley, Nuclear Control Institute, Presented to the Conference on Carriage of Ultrahazardous Radioactive Cargo by Sea: Implications and Responses, Maritime Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 18, 1999
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Japan's Nuclear Criticality Accident Steven Dolley, NCI Research Director, October 4, 1999
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Statement on the September 30 Nuclear Criticality Accident at the Fuel Conversion Plant in Tokai-mura, Japan NCI Press Release, October 1, 1999
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Send Back Dangerous Plutonium Fuel, NCI Warns Japanese Utility NCI Press Release, September 14, 1999
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Paducah Plutonium Contamination: Lessons for DOE's Plutonium Disposition Program Paul Leventhal, NCI President, letter to the editor, Washington Post, August 29, 1999
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NCI Warns Niigata Prefecture, Japan, of MOX Risks Submission of the Nuclear Control Institute to the Niigata MOX Assessment, August 13, 1999
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Plutonium Exposures at DOE Plant Provide Fair Warning of Dangers Ahead in New Plan to Turn Plutonium into Fuel
NCI Press Release, August 8, 1999
Washington Post story on Paducah plant worker exposure to plutonium (August 8, 1999)
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US Groups to UK Government: Don't Start Up Sellafield MOX Fuel Plant Letter from NCI and 11 other groups to UK Department of the Environment, July 21, 1999
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NCI, Groups Urge Senate to Reject Pro-Reprocessing Provision of Nuclear Waste Bill Letter from NCI and seven other arms control groups to U.S. Senators, July 20, 1999
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NCI, Greenpeace to DOE Secretary Richardson: US Must Review Security of Belgian MOX Shipment Under US-EURATOM Treaty
Letter from NCI and Greenpeace to Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, June 11, 1999
DOE Reply, July 12, 1999
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NCI to Energy Secretary Richardson: Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) Should Be Permanently Shut Down
Letter from NCI to Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, April 27, 1999
DOE Reply to NCI Letter, June 14, 1999
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NCI to NRC: DOE License to Export Pu Technology to Russia Should Be Denied
Letter from Tom Clements, NCI Executive Director, to Nuclear Regulatory Commission, June 30, 1999
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NCI Comments on DOE's Supplement to the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Draft Environmental Impact Statement Comments by Dr. Edwin Lyman, NCI Scientific Director, June 28, 1999
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Open Letter to IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei on Japan's Plutonium Program Nuclear Control Institute, Citizens Nuclear Information Center, Greenpeace, and Green Action, April 13, 1999
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NCI Comments on the Department of Energy's Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Electrometallurgical Treatment of Sodium-Bonded Spent Nuclear Fuel Dr. Edwin S. Lyman, NCI Scientific Director, April 8, 1999
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NCI Condemns "Wasteful and Reckless" Plutonium Fuel Deal NCI Press Release, March 22, 1999
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The Reprocessing Fallacy: An Update Paul Leventhal, president, and Steven Dolley, research director, paper presented to the Special Panel Session on Spent Fuel Reprocessing, Waste Management 99 Conference, Tucson, Arizon, March 1, 1999
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Comments on the Department of Energy's Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Tom Clements, Executive Director, and Edwin Lyman, Scientific Director, February 11, 1999
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Groups to Holgate: DOE Economic Analysis Must Include All Relevant Costs of Plutonium Disposition in Russia
Letter from NCI and eight other public-interest groups to Laura Holgate, director, Office of Fissile Materials Disposition, DOE, November 4, 1998
Reply from Laura Holgate, December 16, 1998
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DOE Reprocessing Policy and the Irreversibility of Plutonium Disposition Dr. Edwin Lyman, NCI Scientific Director, Paper Presented to the American Nuclear Society, Charleston, SC, September 9, 1998

 

April 23
>Troopers Practice Plutonium Blockade New York Times
>SRS considered to help make nuclear weapons The State (Columbia, SC)
April 21
>Radioactive: Prepare goodbyes for Flats plutonium Rocky Mountain News
April 20

>Officers prepare to block plutonium Augusta Chronicle
>Troopers to simulate plutonium stop Beaufort Gazette
April 19
>Doubts Are Cast Over Plan for Converting Warheads  New York Times
>N-Waste Leak at Sellafield Guardian
>MEPs Warn of Terror Risk to Sellafield Independent (UK)
>Regulator Questions SRS Plan
Augusta Chronicle
>Plutonium Production Delays Cited  Amarillo Globe-News
>NRC voices doubts about plutonium plan The State (S. Carolina)
>Spratt can't likely block plutonium Herald (S. Carolina)
>Don't play politics with plutonium Charleston Post & Courier [editorial]
April 17
>S.C. Resists Plutonium Shipments Washington Post
>Hodges pledges blockade
Augusta Chronicle
>Republicans split over governor's plutonium stance Greenville News
>Spratt can't likely block plutonium Herald Online
>Feds put S.C. on notice The State
>Hodges readies to halt plutonium
The State
>Condon says he can enter plutonium deal without Hodges
Charleston Post & Courier
April 16
>Japan's plutonium stockpile alarming Japan Today
>Plutonium Standoff AP
April 15
>Sellafield leak buoys anti nuclear lobby Irish Examiner
April 14
>S.C. may fight U.S. over plutonium Baltimore Sun
April 13
>Japan processes dismantled Russian nuclear weapons into MOX fuel  Mito (Japan)
>Hodges, Abraham wrangle over SRS Augusta Chronicle

April 12
>S.C. faces plutonium showdown
The State
>Activists: No Nuclear Imports
Moscow Times
April 11
>Colorado senator blames Hodges for uncertainty on Rocky Flats The State
April 9
>Nuclear safety body urges MOX fuel use Japan Today
March 30
>Nuclear experts dismiss US fears of plutonium misuse Times of India
March 29
>Board questions move to shut down SRS plant Augusta Chronicle
March 28

SRS' F-Canyon plant closes
Augusta Chronicle
Russia to send Iran nuclear fuel, take spent fuel for reprocessing Interfax
March 27
Report Cites Unaccounted Plutonium
Washington Post
Fire breaks out on nuclear ship NewScientist.com
March 24
MOX best way to handle plutonium [editorial] Augusta Chronicle
March 20
Keeping Track of Atomic Matter
Wired News
March 16
O'Rourke calls for Sellafield to be shut now Irish Times
March 15
FFTF backers seek commercial restart  Tri-City Herald
March 9
SRS halts treatment program
Augusta Chronicle (Georgia)
Caribbean worried about nuclear waste shipments St. John's
Antigua EFE

March 8 
Row erupts over Sellafield security Guardian (UK)
March 7
Fears over missing nuclear material  BBC (UK)
Data Show World Awash in Stolen Nuclear Material Reuters
German nuclear waste shipment leaves for France DDP (Germany)
'No risk' from Sellafield plans BBC (UK)
USA Go-Ahead For MOX
Whitehaven News
March 6
Russian parliament passes law on spent nuclear fuel imports RIA (Russia)
Japan: Two armed transport ships to re-send MOX fuel to Britain
Kyodo (Japan)
March 3
Russians back plutonium-to-MOX plan Greenville News (South Carolina)
March 2
Feds study new fuel for nuclear plants Journal News
February 28
BNFL gains US backing for mox fuel shipment Financial Times (UK)
February 27
U.S. unveils reactor requirement for MOX fuel Charlotte Observer
Rocky Flats manager waits for shipments Rocky Mountain News
Flats deadline on verge of going critical Rocky Mountain News
Hodges wants plutonium plans  Charlotte Observer
Federal proposal says two more nuclear plants need to use MOX  Durham Herald
Japan to send back to UK tainted nuclear fuel-BNFL Reuters
February 26
MOX plan will require two more reactors, DOE says Greenville News
Rocky Flats Deadline on verge of going critical Rocky Mountain News
Proposal promotes MOX fuel
Augusta Chronicle
February 25
Russian minister urges funds to deal with nuclear waste Interfax (Russia)
February 20
Nuclear fuel reprocessing plant urged for Yucca Mountain site
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Safe N-waste will cost £1bn a year  Guardian (UK)

February 19

FFTF closure moving quickly  Tri-City Herald (Richland, Washington)
DOE supports conversion of plutonium Tri-Valley Herald

February 18

Sellafield safety details a secret  Irish Independent
February 17

SRS considered for nuclear plant Augusta Chronicle (Georgia)
February 16

DOE firms up promise on Flats
Denver Post (
Colorado
)
Groups slams plan to ship plutonium Contra Costa Times (California)
February 14

Russia to take back spent fuel from nuclear stations abroad ITAR-TASS
February 08

Closing date for Flats is still 2006, Feds say Denver Post (Colorado)
February 07
Lack of waste site may delay Rocky Flats cleanup State (Columbia, SC)
Some Rocky Flats plutonium still has nowhere to go Denver Post
Politics imperil cleanup Denver Post

January 29
MOX security defended as Irish politicians visit plant Irish Examiner
January 26

Pound foolish on plutonium
Chicago Tribune [editorial]

January 25

Plutonium deal is not finalized
The State (
Columbia, S. Carolina
)
Hodges wary of MOX plan; wants schedule, details
Greenville
News  (
S. Carolina
)
US to use weapons plutonium as nuclear plant fuel Reuters

January 24

Energy Dept. to Convert Plutonium AP
Flats plutonium gets shipping OK  Denver Post
U.S. Moves Closer to MOX Nuclear Plants ENS
Hodges takes wait-and-see stance on plutonium path
The State (
Columbia, S.
C.)
Bush administration unveils nuclear disposal plan
Greenville News (
S. Carolina
)
January 23

U.S. Settles on Plan to Recycle Plutonium New York Times
SRS to get $3.8 billion to recycle nuclear waste
The State (
Columbia, S. Carolina
)
Plant to get MOX funds
Augusta Chronicle (
Georgia
)
Rocky Flats to ship plutonium  Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado)
Radioactivity from Sellafield 150 times worse in north east
Unison (
Ireland
)
January 20

UK's plutonium 'kept in a shed'  Guardian Unlimited
January 19

Plutonium decisions near, lawmaker says Charlotte Observer
January 18

Concerns raised over off-shore nuclear waste Financial Times (UK)
January 17

New alarm bells over Sellafield
Irish World

January 16

Agreements may be near on plutonium shipments to SRS, but governor remains skeptical
Greenville News
January 11  
Sellafield terror threat warning
BBC (UK)

January 6
 
Support Seen for Plutonium Project AP
January 5
Isotopes Become Rallying Cry for Reactor [FFTF] Seattle Times
Firm Asks DOE to Rethink FFTF Tri-City Herald (Washington State)

January 4  
Kansai suspends French MOX orders NucNet Business News
Kansai Electric cancels MOX orders Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo)

January 3 
Sellafield stance attacked Belfast Telegraph
January 2  
Plutonium immobilization endorsed Denver Post [editorial]
January 1  
Hope still alive for Hanford's FFTF Tri-City Herald


 

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