The story “NNSA seeks study contractor for effort to mature Oak Ridge defense refining tech” [Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, March, 19, 2024] should have said that the National Nuclear Security Administration is developing uranium enrichment technology and that the agency has enough low enriched uranium to meet defense needs through the 2040s.
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X-energy completes vertical construction of Oak Ridge fuel facility
X-energy’s nuclear fuel subsidiary, TRISO-X, completed the vertical construction of its first fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn., the company said Sept. 24. With the primary building of the 214,000-square-foot structure up, X-energy said in a press release that its subsidiary is going to move forward with the next stage of work that includes […]