Issues Related to the Closing of the Nuclear Fuel Services, Incorporated, Reprocessing Plant at West Valley, New York

EMD-77-27 Published: Mar 08, 1977. Publicly Released: Mar 08, 1977.

Highlights

The Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) plant at West Valley, NY, the only commercial nuclear reprocessing facility operated in the United States, was closed in 1972 for modifications aimed at limiting effluent releases, reducing personnel exposures to radiation, and increasing plant capacity.

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Nuclear engineeringNuclear facility safetyNuclear fuel plantsNuclear fuel reprocessingRadioactive waste disposalRadioactive wastesNuclear wastePlutoniumWaste managementNuclear fuel