GE and Hitachi plan new reactor to burn UK plutonium stockpile

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Multibillion pound plant at Sellafield would convert UK's nuclear power plant residue into fuel

General Electric set out proposals on Wednesday to build a new nuclear reactor at Sellafield that would convert the UK's stockpile of radioactive plutonium into electricity. The multibillion pound project...

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