Nuclear Fuel

Judge Considers Nuclear Fuel Dispute Between SC, Energy Dept.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A judge is considering whether South Carolina’s lawsuit against the federal government over an unfinished project to turn old plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel should be dismissed. South Carolina is suing the U.S. Department of Energy over the mixed oxide fuel project at the Savannah River Site. Attorney Randy Lowell said at a hearing Thursday…