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What does one do with a nuclear plant after it’s shut up shop? French energy company EDF has come up with a novel answer following the closure of Fessenheim plant: turning some of the leftover material into forks, saucepans and door handles. This won’t mean France’s dining tables are lined with radioactive cutlery, thankfully. Only “very low-level radioactive” metals will be turned into cast iron or steel, the company said. Other materials will be sent to nuclear waste processing facilities. If it makes it through approval processes, the new recycling centre will be spread over 15 hectares nea…

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