Don't Give Up On Mox ; a Lot Depends On Proposed Savannah River Site Fuel Plan

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It's crunch time for the plan to have Savannah River Site turn the nation's excess plutonium into fuel for commercial nuclear power plants.

Here's the good news: The U.S. Senate has voted to spend $419 million in the next fiscal year on the planned mixed-oxide, or MOX, plant that is supposed to turn at least 34 metric tons of plutonium into reactor fuel. The congressional delegations in our two-state area strongly back the project, and the U.S. Department of Energy still plans to begin construction on the facility this fall.

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Don't Give Up On Mox ; a Lot Depends On Proposed Savannah River Site Fuel Plan

Here's the bad news: The U.S. House last spring didn't allocate any money for MOX. Originally, MOX depended on a ...

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