Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

Trump’s DOE nominee says US uranium enrichment and pits ‘collapsed to nearly nothing’

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WASHINGTON — Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s (R) pick for secretary of energy, said he would make it a priority to enrich uranium domestically Wednesday at his confirmation hearing.
“We have lost our ability to enrich uranium in this country,…

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Urenco USA brings sixth cascade online at New Mexico enrichment plant

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DOE hits 20% of DUF6 conversion at Portsmouth

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Round Up: New Mexico to prohibit new uranium mining; SMRs garner international interest, Grossi says; NRC unveils new website design

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Centrus inks agreement to supply HALEU to Antares

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New Mexico state agency to prohibit any new uranium mining

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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

NANO enters MOU with Enveniam to advance nuclear projects

NANO Nuclear and Enveniam signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to collaborate on building out a nuclear fuel cycle infrastructure and deploying NANO’s microreactor technology.  Enveniam, based in Oak Ridge, Tenn., is a project integration solutions… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

Centrus, Radiant reach a long-term HALEU deal

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

West Virginia becomes sixth state picked under DOE’s nuclear campus program

Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

Fuel reprocessing to play a role in advanced nuclear sector, panel says

Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

Centrus, Radiant enter into a long-term HALEU deal

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IAEA: North Korea has new uranium enrichment facility at Yongbyon

Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

West Virginia becomes sixth state selected under DOE’s nuclear campus program

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