1. Britain's Policies on Fissile Materials: The Next Steps
... fuels by the end of 1996, with a further 12 tonnes anticipated by the end of the year 2000. In comparison, the US had separated just two tonnes, having adopted a 'once-through' fuel-cycle which dispensed with reprocessing. France is the only other country that has consistently reprocessed all of its domestic fuels. Russia has only reprocessed fuel from its light ... derived from estimates elsewhere in the book. enriched uranium are so plentiful, and their prices are so low, plutonium cannot compete as a reactor fuel in normal circumstances. Furthermore, it was once believed that the sepa...
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