UK closes key nuclear reprocessing plant | Nature News Blog
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Today the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority announced the closure of the Mixed Oxide fuel fabrication facility at Sellafield.
(...) Making #MOX is a complex and expensive process. The UK alone has spent around £1.5 billion on its MOX plant since it was commissioned in the mid-90s.
(...) following the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi. With just 17 of 54 nuclear plants operating, and the future of nuclear in the country uncertain, Japan no longer needs that recycled fuel. And without its only client, the MOX plant doesn’t have much of a reason to continue operating. About 600 jobs are expected to be lost.