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Uranium enrichment starting at federally supported demonstration project in Ohio (apnews.com)

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Uranium enrichment is getting underway this week at a facility in southern Ohio, a federally authorized demonstration project considered critical to produce the type of fuel needed for newer, more efficient nuclear reactors.

Bethesda, Maryland-based Centrus Energy Corp. will be producing the high-assay, low-enriched uranium at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, about 68 miles (109 kilometers) south of Columbus. That form of uranium contains far more of the isotope U-235 than is typically found in current nuclear reactor fuel.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

LET'S GOOOOOO!

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, more highly enriched uranium is just what the world needs right now. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

This is not HEU. HEU can be used to make weapons. This is to make HALEU (high-assay low enriched uranium) which is a legal designation up to 20% enrichment in U-235. Yes, we absolutely need more HALEU in the world right now to generate more clean electricity from nuclear energy to combat climate change. Many advanced reactor designs rely on HALEU.