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Appendix H: Reprocessing and Recycling Practices in Other Countries
Appendix H: Reprocessing and Recycling Practices in Other Countries
Pages 295-298
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Section 2.6 provides more detailed descriptions and a comparison of the relevant programs and policies in France and the United States. CHINA China's overarching goal in the development of its nuclear power program is to become self-sufficient in most aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle.
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In the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima accident, the Japanese government reevaluated its nuclear energy policy and decided to substantially reduce the share of nuclear power in electricity generation from the 30 percent level at the time of the accident to a projected 20–22 percent by 2030. (In early April 2022, amid the crisis in Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida floated the idea that Japan might increase its use of nuclear power.)
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Another reason for the continued reprocessing policy is the government's commitment to local communities around nuclear power plants and the reprocessing plant that spent fuel would not end up indefinitely stored on the sites and that Japan would eventually close the fuel cycle, although that possibility has been delayed beyond 2050 (Toki and Pomper, 2013)
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In November 2018, THORP was closed after having processed more than 9,000 MT of spent fuel from 30 customers in nine countries after a loss of overseas contracts made continued operation economically infeasible. UK nuclear power plants provided about 60 percent of the spent fuel that THORP reprocessed.
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