Spanish Utility Joins GE Hitachi on PRISM Technology

Spanish utility Iberdrola has joined GE Hitachi through a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on the deployment of GE’s PRISM technology, the company announced yesterday. The technology is currently being considered as a solution to the United Kingdom’s plutonium stockpile. It would re-process the plutonium to generate electricity from the used fuel. According to Iberdrola, “[the company] will bring its expertise and excellence as a nuclear power operator in Spain and provider of nuclear engineering services as well as the experience of more than ten years developing nuclear power projects.” The UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has not yet made a decision on which direction it will go with its plutonium, although PRISM remains a realistic option, among other solutions, the Agency announced in January.