The cost of MOX

摘要

In 1999, the UK government provisionally announced that full operation of SMP would be justified, but that further consideration and consultation on the economic arguments would be required. The consultation took place in June 1999. However, in August 1999, BNFL confirmed that quality control data of MOX fuel manufactured in the MOX demonstration facility (MDF) had been falsified. In the light of this incident -together with the submission by BNFL of a revised business case in 2001 (see NEI February 2001, p12) - the government decided further consideration was needed.