Burning the U.K.’s Plutonium Stockpile Could Fast-Track New Reactors GE’s nuclear waste-burning PRISM reactors get a new chance at commercialization. Pressure to reduce the U.K.’s plutonium stockpile, along with generous premiums for new nuclear power generation, is breathing new life into a decades-old reactor design—GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s Power Reactor Innovative Small Module, or PRISM, technology. PRISM is a fast reactor, whose speedy neutrons can break ...
Feb. 4, 2014 - Technology Review