The article totally ignores the progress in the rest of the world. For example Russia, that also developed world first nuclear plant ever, is about to build a closed fuel cycle reactor: “The launch of the experimental BREST-OD-300 reactor in Seversk (Tomsk Region), which will operate on the new mixed nitride uranium-plutonium fuel, will be held in 2026.”<p><a href="http://mbir.org/the-unique-nuclear-reactor-in-seversk-will-start-working-in-2026/" rel="nofollow">http://mbir.org/the-unique-nuclear-reactor-in-seversk-will-s...</a>