TITLE

Unions demand closure of Mox plant and rebuild

PUB. DATE

April 2009

SOURCE

Professional Engineering;4/29/2009, Vol. 22 Issue 8, p7

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports on the call of nuclear industry unions for mixed oxide (Mox) nuclear fuel reprocessing plant to be shut down and rebuilt in Sellafield, England. It states that the plant has been dogged by technical problems and long shutdowns that badly affect production. According to Dougie Rooney of Unite, which represents workers at Sellafield, the plant is badly designed and efficient, and needs to be de-fuelled and decommissioned.

ACCESSION #

40126315

Tags: NUCLEAR industry -- Employees -- Labor unions;  MIXED oxide fuels (Nuclear engineering);  PLANT shutdowns;  LABOR unions;  ROONEY, Dougie;  NUCLEAR power plants -- Decommissioning

 

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