The mixed oxide nuclear fuel manufacturing plant at the Sellafield site in Cumbria will close due to decreased demand in the Japanese market, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority announced on 3 August.
The MOX plant, which recycles plutonium into mixed oxide fuel, has been relying on a contract with 10 Japanese power companies, signed last year.
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