Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

Oak Ridge Extends American Centrifuge Contract With Centrus Through September

By Photo of Todd

Kenneth Fletcher
NS&D Monitor
1/30/2015
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has extended its American Centrifuge Technology Demonstration and Operations contract with Centrus Energy Corp. through Sept. 30. The $41.7 million deal was expected after the Fiscal Year…

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At Los Alamos

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Experts: U.S. Should Take Firm Stance on INF, Budapest Memorandum

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ATK, Orbital Approve Merger and Share Distribution

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At Oak Ridge

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By Photo of Exchange Monitor

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…

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