Nuclear Video Matinee: Uranium Mining and Milling
It's hot out! Across much of the United States, the largest heat wave of the summer has been stagnating all week.
It's hot out! Across much of the United States, the largest heat wave of the summer has been stagnating all week.
TerraPower plans to invest in South African HALEU laser enrichment technology
TerraPower announced today that it has signed a term sheet with ASP Isotopes Inc. as the first step of a planned investment in the construction of a high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)...
DOE names four companies to split $2.7 billion in future HALEU enrichment contracts
If we needed more proof that this is a “nuclear week”—in the words of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Wednesday, as she announced small modular reactor funding while celebrating...
BWXT fuel processing subsidiary pauses operations amid Hurricane Helene; site is "safe"
BWX Technologies subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services Inc. suspended operations last Friday at a Tennessee facility to assess conditions following Hurricane Helene. A company spokesperson said the...
Oak Ridge is Orano’s preferred site for enrichment, with no commitments yet
On September 4, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced that Orano had selected Oak Ridge as its preferred site to build a “multibillion-dollar” uranium centrifuge enrichment facility. For...
BWXT to probe options for new centrifuge pilot plant under contract with NNSA
BWX Technologies announced on August 26 that its Nuclear Fuel Services subsidiary had received a contract from the National Nuclear Security Administration for a yearlong engineering study of...
Decommissioned enrichment plant gets second life as safeguards training center
Uranium enricher Urenco welcomed representatives from the International Atomic Energy Agency to an August 19 event to mark the creation of an IAEA Centre of Excellence for Safeguards and...
ANS’s Nuclear 101 certificate course ready for inaugural class
The American Nuclear Society is excited to announce the launch of its inaugural Nuclear 101 certificate course, scheduled to take place in-person at the 2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo...
Westinghouse produces first batch of LEU+ fuel pellets
Westinghouse Electric Company announced Aug. 8 that it has completed the first pressing of ADOPT nuclear fuel pellets at the company’s Springfields Fuel Manufacturing Facility in the United...
Energy is the foundation of modern society. It enhances quality of life and drives industrialization. As we work toward fuller energy transition, policies are essential to organizing our march...
The U.S. and U.K. are both investing in HALEU. How do the programs compare?
A plan to build up a high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel cycle in the United Kingdom to support the deployment of advanced reactors is still in place after the Labour party was voted to power...