Idaho National Laboratory team to study reuse of spent nuclear fuel
| July 25, 2008 |  View for printing |
The U.S. Department of Energy says a team from the Idaho National Laboratory has been selected to devise a process to generate energy while destroying plutonium and other radioactive material from spent nuclear fuel.
The department on Wednesday also chose a team from the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois to share $7.3 million to be used to develop a process called "Deep-Burn."
The two DOE laboratories will partner with other national laboratories, universities and industry to develop the process.
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