FINANCIAL TIMES: UK issues coded warning to Brussels over nuclear waste

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    Francis Livens, director of the Dalton Nuclear Institute at Manchester University, said the UK’s right to return nuclear waste was already enshrined in commercial contracts under which spent fuel was imported to Sellafield. However, plutonium extracted from the spent fuel posed a trickier problem, he added.

    Period20 Jul 2017

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    • TitleUK issues coded warning to Brussels over nuclear waste
      Media name/outletFinancial Times
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date20/07/17
      DescriptionFrancis Livens, director of the Dalton Nuclear Institute at Manchester University, said the UK’s right to return nuclear waste was already enshrined in commercial contracts under which spent fuel was imported to Sellafield. However, plutonium extracted from the spent fuel posed a trickier problem, he added.
      URLhttps://www.ft.com/content/0c56a4f2-6bc5-11e7-bfeb-33fe0c5b7eaa
      PersonsFrancis Livens
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    Keywords

    • Brexit
    • nuclear waste
    • Euratom