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A brief introduction to the controversy surrounding Mox Fuel in America. This video is a companion piece to Nuclear Industry still Skeptical of MOX fuel.
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The Byron Nuclear Generating Station near Byron, Illinois. Photo: Bill Tracey
A $5 billion American-taxpayer-funded plant being built by the French-government-controlled company AREVA has no buyer yet for the controversial fuel In the quest to convert plutonium from 170,000 nuclear warheads into usable forms of mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has a vexing political problem on its hands. Virtually no commercial nuclear power company wants to touch the stuff. Continue reading Nuclear Industry Still Skeptical of MOX fuel 
President Obama confers with senior advisors in the Oval Office. Photo: Pete Souza
Washington – At a press conference entitled “The Future of Nuclear Power,” financial expert Kevin Book said that President Barrack Obama is a “resolute advocate” for nuclear power, supporting the industry even after the Fukushima Daiichi power plant disaster. Book, an energy analyst with ClearView Energy Resources, said Obama’s support does more to preserve the future of nuclear power than any other politician in Washington. Book believes that as a result of the Japanese tragedy, the nuclear power industry will have trouble raising money in private markets because of costs, concerns about liability and the slowness of the regulatory process. 
Fukushima Daiichi. Photo: GlobalDigital
A feeling of desperation is sweeping over Japan as news from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power site worsens with high levels of radiation now showing up in groundwater. International Atomic Energy Agency monitors are urging a wider evacuation zone beyond the Japanese government’s evacuation perimeter. Continue reading Japanese Prime Minister Casts Doubt On Japan’s Future Reliance on Nuclear Power |
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