PETTEN PROGRAMME
February 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has approved a three-year supplementary research programme at the EU's joint research centre high flux reactor, at Petten, the Netherlands. Funded largely by the Dutch government, the Euro 30.6 million studies should improve reactor safety, waste management and develop nuclear fuel unable to be transformed into weapon grade plutonium.
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has approved a three-year supplementary research programme at the EU's joint research centre high flux reactor, at Petten, the Netherlands. Funded largely by the Dutch government, the Euro 30.6 million studies should improve reactor safety, waste management and develop nuclear fuel unable to be transformed into weapon grade plutonium.
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