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prism reactor

GE-Hitachi proposes to burn U.K. plutonium stockpile

ANS Nuclear Cafe
December 22, 2011, 7:00AM|Dan Yurman

An advanced reactor could be used to consume 112 tonnes of weapons grade material

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