Re: Japan to switch to MOX?

[BRZGV@ccmail.ceco.com]

     Wasn't there some deal or talk of some deal that Japan would by stocks 
     of Pu from the U.S. a couple of years ago?
     
     Glen Vickers
     brzgv@ccmail.ceco.com


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Subject: Japan to switch to MOX?
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at INTERNET
Date:    1/22/97 7:35 PM


*** Japan mulls new atomic fuel but faces resistance
     
Despite growing public concern about the use of nuclear power, the 
Japanese government is exploring harnessing the atom to meet its huge 
appetite for energy. A report issued by a government panel this week 
urged the nuclear industry to use plutonium mixed with uranium as a 
new fuel in commercial reactors. But industry sources say the 
government will face a tough task convincing a skeptical public of the 
merits of the mixed oxide (MOX) fuel, after a major oil spill stoked 
controversy over the nation's ambitious nuclear program. For the full 
story, see http://www.merc.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=1208803-116
     
Erik C. Nielsen
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