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Horrid stuff

Article Abstract:

British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) has falsified data on quality control at the company's site in Sellafield, England, and this has led to the resignation of BNFL's chief executive, John Taylor. The company's reputation has suffered, and contracts with Japan and Germany have been hit. The privatization of BNFL has also been affected, and the company has started to diversify, with reprocessing accounting for under 33% of the company's turnover.

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Running scared

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British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) runs a large nuclear reporcessing plant in Cumbria, England, and there have been calls for the plant to be closed from the Irish and Danish governments due to contamination fears. The Nuclear Installations Inspectorate has been criticial of the plant's management and the Japanese government is threatening the return of nuclear fuel after revelations of forgeries of safety records. Switzerland, Sweden and Germany have halted shipments. The reprocessing plant could be closed early, and inward investors might then find the area more attractive.

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With one bound

Article Abstract:

The UK government's creation of a Liabilities Management Authority to assume British Nuclear Fuels' (BNFL) GBP35 bil debts is an attempt to prepare the nuclear processing firm for privatisation. However, BNFL is surrounded by controversies and legal challenges.

Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified, Reprocessed Nuclear Fuel Products, Radioactive wastes, Fuel reprocessing (Nuclear reactors)

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