Plutonium Pit Production

With MOX Plutonium Processing Finally Dead, Dilute-and-Dispose Gets a Pulse in Congress

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After three years of wrestling with Congress, the Department of Energy has finally convinced at least one chamber that it is time to move on fully from the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF).
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