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THE International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation ended on 29 February with a plenary session that adopted the reports of all the study groups. Hermann Bondi (right) Chief Scientist at the UK Department of Energy and leader of the British delegation to INFCE, assesses its work
The International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation has given a boost to the fast breeder reactor. But while the US is rejecting the breeder, others are embracing it, writes Robert Walgate