The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced Monday that it has terminated the construction authorization for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF).
The MFFF was intended to process plutonium to make mixed oxide (MOX) fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. Construction on the facility started in 2007 at Savannah River in South Carolina. Construction stopped on October 10, 2018, after the Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) terminated the contract to build and operate the facility. The DOE decision came shortly after the US Court of Appeals allowed the DOE to halt construction.
