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The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has revealed that nuclear workers at the Chapelcross NPP site in Scotland have found they can safely seal radioactively contaminated waste into foil coffee bags.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 19 September 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newschapelcross-uses-foil-coffee-bags-7413872
The UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has a problem with the world’s largest stocks of reactor-grade plutonium. The international association Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy view this as a one-time opportunity to benefit several advanced nuclear energy developments, none of which are acknowledged by DECC. By Brendan McNamara
Weak, short distance radiation makes it warm; so it is safe to hold but not to swallow. UK reactor grade plutonium is unsuitable for making weapons. And small-scale uses of UK plutonium could never go critical
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 May 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssmarter-uses-for-plutonium