Results tagged “plutonium disposition”

1. October 27, 2025 Russia withdraws from the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement
2. August 28, 2025 United Kingdom allocates £154 million to prepare for plutonium disposal
3. May 23, 2025 US executive orders aim to reinvigorate the nuclear industrial base
4. January 25, 2025 United Kingdom plans to immobilize civilian plutonium
5. January 16, 2023 US begins shipping excess plutonium to WIPP for disposition
6. August 29, 2019 Russia uses civilian reactor-grade plutonium to produce MOX fuel for BN-800
7. February 11, 2019 NRC terminates construction authorization for the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility
8. May 23, 2018 U.S. Department of Energy takes steps to halt construction of partially finished MOX plant at Savannah River Site
9. December 17, 2017 Fissile material issues in the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
10. April 8, 2017 WIPP facility receives first shipment since reopening