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Japan-to-U.S. HEU transfer fulfills nonproliferation commitment

August 10, 2022, 3:02PMNuclear News

NNSA administrator Jill Hruby (right) and Ken Nakajima, director of the Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science at Kyoto University, in the KUCA control room. (Photo: NNSA)

All high-enriched uranium has been removed from the Kyoto University Critical Assembly (KUCA), according to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.

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American Nuclear Society response to Science article, “The weapons potential of high-assay low-enriched uranium” by Kemp et al.

ANS open letter to Science magazine challenging claims about HALEU

September 3, 2024, 8:04AMANS News

September 3, 2024Dr. Holden ThorpEditor-in-Chief, ScienceSubject: Science magazine Policy Forum article “The weapons potential of high-assay low-enriched uranium” published June 2024Dear...

PR: American Nuclear Society challenges recent claims on HALEU fuel in Science magazine

ANS open letter scrutinizes hyperbolic unscientific claims about HALEU

September 3, 2024, 7:04AMPress Releases

Washington, D.C. — In an open letter to Science magazine, the American Nuclear Society (ANS), a professional nuclear science and technology society representing over 10,000 members...

Japan-to-U.S. HEU transfer fulfills nonproliferation commitment

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