Burning the U.K.s Plutonium Stockpile Could Fast-Track New Reactors

GEs 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 designGE Hitachi Nuclear Energys Power Reactor Innovative Small Module, or PRISM, technology. PRISM is a fast reactor, whose speedy neutrons can break down waste from spent nuclear fuel.