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Failed MOX test at Catawba may have implications for Oconee | GreenvilleOnline.com | The Greenville News

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:40:26 -0000

Officials have interrupted the multiyear test of converted plutonium fuel at a South Carolina nuclear reactor after the discovery of "excessive growth" in the fuel assemblies, two nuclear watchdog groups said Monday.
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Officials with the two groups said the discovery has implications for other reactors, including Oconee Nuclear Station, where similar types of fuel assemblies using different fuel have produced "the same flaw."

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STLtoday - Swords to plowshares: nuclear bombs to electricity

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:47:16 -0000

Nuclear power's resurgence in the United States is tied to a surprisingly effective program that is helping to make the world a safer place from nuclear weapons.

Known as the "megatons to megawatts" program, it has led to the elimination of huge stockpiles of nuclear weapons materials, thus making it much more difficult for rogue countries and terrorist groups to obtain them.

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Japan approves J-Power MOX-fuel reactor construction | Industries | Industrials, Materials & Utilities | Reuters

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:16:22 -0000

TOKYO, April 23 (Reuters) - Electric Power Development Co (9513.T: Quote, Profile, Research), or J-Power, said on Wednesday it had received government approval to construct a 1,383 megawatt nuclear reactor, the company's first, which will use mixed oxide (MOX) fuel.

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