Editing JASON reactor (section)

== Operations and decommissioning ==
JASON was operational at the site from 1962 to 1996 (it had previously been operated by the [[Hawker Siddeley]] Nuclear Power Corporation from February 1959 at [[Langley, Slough]]), and fully dismantled by 1999. 270 tonnes (297 U.S. tons; 595,248 lbs) of [[radioactive waste]] was removed.
[[File:JASON fuel rod replica.JPG|thumb|right|A JASON fuel rod replica]]
The [[European Commission]] brought a case (C-61/03 ''Commission v. United Kingdom'') against the UK at the [[European Court of Justice]], for failing to fulfill its obligations under the [[Euratom Treaty]]. The case was dismissed on 12 April 2005, the court confirming<ref>[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2005:132:0003:0004:EN:PDF Official Journal of the European Union C 132/3] 28 May 2005</ref> that the treaty does not apply to uses of nuclear energy for military purposes.<ref>[http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmeuleg/34-ii/3414.htm International Atomic Energy Agency Conventions on nuclear accidents] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033044/http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmeuleg/34-ii/3414.htm |date=2007-09-30 }} Select Committee on European Scrutiny Second Report</ref>