Hyatt, N. (2019) Managing our plutonium legacy. Science in Parliament, 75 (3). pp. 18-19.
Abstract
Sellafield is home to almost 140 tons of separated plutonium, the largest quantity of material under civil safeguards anywhere in the world. Government is still to make a final decision on the whether to reuse this material to fuel a new fleet of nuclear reactors, or whether to immobilise and dispose of it as waste. Here, we consider whether Government’s preferred option of reuse is realisable, and scientific underpinning required to deliver the alternative disposal option.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The Parliamentary & Scientific Committee. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Engineering and Physical Science Research Council N/A |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Mar 2020 08:43 |
Last Modified: | 06 Mar 2020 08:43 |
Published Version: | https://www.scienceinparliament.org.uk/publication... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Parliamentary and Scientific Committee |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:157886 |
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