British Nuclear Fuels has cleared a preliminary hurdle following the closure of its fuel reprocessing plant earlier this year. The UK's independent nuclear safety regulator, the Health and Safety Executive, has said it accepts BNFL's responses to all 15 recommendations made in a key report, which should lead to the plant being able to reopen. The report was issued following the HSE's investigation into data falsification at the mixed plutonium and uranium oxide demonstration facility (MDF) on the Sellafield site. The investigation began in 1999 after BNFL informed it of apparent falsification of records relating to mixed plutonium and uranium oxide (MOX) fuels for supply to a customer in Japan.