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Sellafield to cut discharges by 90%
Ireland - Discharges of radioactive technetium-99 (Tc-99) into the Irish Sea from Sellafield nuclear plant are to be cut by 90%, following the implementation of a new waste treatment technique.
The Environment Agency and the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) found that a plant scale trial using TPP (tetraphenylphosphonium bromide) to remove Tc-99 from liquid waste was highly successful and approved BNFL to start implementing the system immediately.