Setting sights on the colonies. [British Nuclear Fuel eyes U. S. Waste Disposal Markets]

Journal Article · Mon May 03 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Engineering News-Record; (United States)

OSTI ID:6369200

Rubin, D K; Reina, P

BNFL Inc. is the US subsidiary of British Nuclear Fuels PLC, the UK's government-owned nuclear fuels manufacturer and waste disposal firm. To offset the shrinking British nuclear power market, the UK parent hopes its American offspring can win a big chunk of the domestic market as utilities and the US Dept. of Energy seek new ways to dispose of nuclear waste. BNFL believes it has a better mouse-trap, gained from the parent firm's 40 years in nuclear fuels reprocessing, and showcased in a $2.7-billion, state-of-the-art waste plant in Sellafield, England now waiting final permits. Because is owns, operates, and decommissions its own facilities and must show a profit, BNFL designs for minimum life cycle costs.

• OSTI ID: 6369200
• Journal Information: Engineering News-Record; (United States), Journal Name: Engineering News-Record; (United States) Vol. 230:18; ISSN 0013-807X; ISSN ENREAU
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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050800 -- Nuclear Fuels-- Spent Fuels Reprocessing
051000* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Economic
Industrial
& Business Aspects
052001 -- Nuclear Fuels-- Waste Processing
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
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