The White House intends to transfer about 20 tons of plutonium to US energy companies as fuel for reactors at nuclear power plants (NPPs). This was reported by Reuters, citing sources on Friday, August 22.
“The Trump administration plans to provide about 20 tons of Cold War-era plutonium obtained from dismantled nuclear warheads to US energy companies as potential fuel for reactors,” the publication says.
The plan is still in the development stage, but the agency’s source informed that the US Department of Energy (DOE) is already ready to announce this to the industry in order to request proposals from it. It is assumed that the plutonium will be transferred either completely free of charge or for a minimal amount, but all costs for transporting the fuel and building energy facilities will fall on the industry.
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