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MARKET OF NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE SERVICES: CONVERSION, ENRICHMENT, FABRICATION
ArticleName US MOX-Fuel Development Programme Experiences Shortage in Customers and Plutonium
ArticleAuthor Based on materials by American GAO accounting office
Abstract

American GAO accounting office, which performs budget control functions (similar to those of the Chamber of the Russian Federation), analyzed the US MOX-fuel situation in its GAO-10-378 report, commissioned by the US Parliament. In particular, MOX-fuel manufacturing in the Savannah River was analyzed. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposed the idea of partial convertion of excessive plutonium into MOX-fuel for NPP power reactors, and partial immobilization of it in glass or ceramic materials.

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