PRISM has a number of benefits for managing plutonium — including reduced time to disposition the UK stockpile due to greater incorporation of plutonium in the fuel, and a simplified fuel manufacturing and
reactor construction process — all of which reduce the costs of implementation.
Immediately after the Fukushima incident, China suspended its
reactor approval
process to review the safety of existing plants, but the government has since indicated that the 26,600 megawatts under
construction will move forward.