Spent nuclear fuel

...attacking their reputations and cutting their responsibilities. The two men, who work in an on-site shop making casks used to store spent nuclear fuel rods but who are both now on stress leave, are seeking unspecified damages from Southern...

In this article: Southern California Edison, Allegation, and E mail

...any problem. Meanwhile, Indian and US Indian officials have been negotiating since last July on an agreement for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel. The 123 agreement on bilateral nuclear cooperation gives New Delhi prior consent to...

In this article: United States, India, Manmohan Singh, Washington, International Atomic Energy Agency, and Barack Obama

...the capture and storage of carbon emissions and the development of more advanced nuclear reactors, including the recycling of spent nuclear fuel for electricity generation. Write to Jonathan Weisman at jonathan.weisman@wsj.com and...

In this article: Barack Obama, United States, Yukio Hatoyama, Tokyo, Japan, China, Okinawa, and Suntory Hall

...Dec. 2). Thus "pluthermal" power generation has begun, but many problems remain unresolved. MOX fuel, made of plutonium extracted from spent nuclear fuel and uranium, was primarily intended for use in a fast breeder reactor (FBR), the core of...

In this article: Plutonium, Uranium, Japan, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Mixed oxide, France, Aomori Prefecture, Saga Prefecture, and Fukui Prefecture

...an attempt to pressure the U.S. to accept its demand, the North announced last week that it had completed reprocessing thousands of spent nuclear fuel rods to extract plutonium to bolster its atomic stockpile. </p><p>North Korea pulled out...

In this article: Jack Lang, North Korea, Pyongyang, United States, Korean War, Nicolas Sarkozy, France, Washington, and Plutonium

...stops in Japan, China and South Korea - all key players in the six-party talks. North Korea said last week it had reprocessed 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods and extracted enough plutonium to bolster its atomic stockpile, raising the...

In this article: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Iran, North Korea, Uranium, United States, Asia, Berlin, Singapore, and Barack Obama

North Korea said in April it had begun reprocessing the fuel rods North Korea has completed the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel rods to extract weapons-grade plutonium, according to its official news agency. The Korean Central News...

In this article: North Korea, Plutonium, UN, US, Pyongyang, Uranium, Koreas, and Washington

...it was doing and giving it another path toward an atomic bomb. The advantage for the North is that, unlike plutonium extraction from spent nuclear fuel, enrichment can much more easily be done away from the prying eyes of U.S. spy...

In this article: Plutonium, North Korea, United States, Uranium, World War Two, Japan, and Nagasaki

...as more countries build nuclear reactors, high costs are drawbacks. Here is what is happens about spent nuclear fuel at present: What happens to spent nuclear fuel? Nuclear fuel elements are discharged and cooled down in a water pool...

In this article: Waste, Plutonium, Uranium, France, Russia, Mixed oxide, ARC, Hitachi, and Japan