Fast reactor talks Nuclear scientists from France and the UK have been meeting to consider ways of decommissioning their country's fast reactor talks Nuclear scientists from France and the UK have been meeting to consider ways of decommissioning their country's fast reactors.
The fuel was originally manufactured for an abandoned fast reactor in Germany.
The French fast reactor program has also run into severe problems, with both test reactors shut for lengthy periods.
Of particular concern will be the 30 tons of fast reactor fuel which will have to be taken out of the core.
The oxide reprocessing plant was built to process the fuel from Dounreay 's fast reactor.