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UK plutonium is 'energy in the bank'

2015-11-04 18:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: The UK is sitting on a plutonium stockpile that represents "thousands of years" of energy in the bank, according to a leading nuclear scientist. Tim Abram, professor of nuclear fuel technology at the University of Manchester made the comments at a briefing to discuss the fate of the UK's plutonium. The Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria has around 140 tonnes of the material. It is now the largest stockpile of civil plutonium in the world. The government is yet to decide on its fate,...

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