Carlsbad site could be used for plutonium disposal [View all]

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — A U.S. Department of Energy report indicates that a site in Carlsbad may be used to dispose of plutonium from surplus nuclear weapons.

The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports (http://bit.ly/1FdQaQL ) that the report released Saturday says Carlsbad's Wasted Isolation Pilot Plant could be a lower cost alternative to a federal program that would convert the weapons plutonium into commercial nuclear fuel.

That program is called the mixed oxide nuclear program or MOX.

A spending bill passed by Congress in December required the DOE to review the costs of plutonium disposal.

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