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The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) have completed of a multi-year campaign to move used highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Canada to the USA.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 21 February 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrepatriation-of-used-fuel-completed-from-canada-to-usa-7782374
US-based BWX Technologies announced that the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) had awarded an initial $3.6 million contract to BWXT Nuclear Operations Group as the manufacturer of a uranium-molybdenum alloy High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (U-Mo HALEU) fuel.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 14 February 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbwxt-wins-contract-for-uranium-molybdenum-haleu-fuel-7770437
A campaign to move used highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel from Canada to the USA, which began in 2015, has been completed a year ahead of schedule, the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) have announced.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 14 February 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canada,-USA-complete-used-fuel-return
The US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded an initial USD3.6 million contract to BWXT Nuclear Operations Group as the manufacturer of a uranium-molybdenum alloy high assay low-enriched uranium (U-Mo HALEU) fuel to facilitate the conversion of US research reactors that currently use high-enriched uranium (HEU).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 13 February 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/BWXT-to-support-HALEU-research-reactor-fuel-progra
Uzbekistan's preparations to build its first nuclear power plant are gathering pace with a sense of making up for lost time. The Central Asian country became a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as long ago as 1994, has 50 years of experience in nuclear research and is the world's fifth biggest producer of uranium.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 04 October 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/The-most-experienced-newcomer-to-nuclear-power
The US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has signed a USD600 million contract with Cray Inc to build its first exascale supercomputer, El Capitan. The computer will be housed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-DOE-orders-next-exascale-computer
The US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has signed a USD600 million contract with Cray Inc to build its first exascale supercomputer, El Capitan. The computer will be housed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 15 August 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-DOE-orders-next-exascale-computer
Ghana has commissioned three new nuclear faciliies – the Low-Enriched Uranium Core Research Reactor Facility, the International Miniature Neutron Source Reactor Training Facility and the Radiological and Medical Science Research Institute Laboratories building at the Scientific Research and Development Institution of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 13 August 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsghana-commissions-three-nuclear-facilities-7366131
The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have completed the transfer of around 700kg of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Dounreay, in northern Scotland, to the USA.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 08 May 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsheu-removed-from-dounreay-to-usa-7195680
The last known highly enriched uranium (HEU) in Nigeria has been repatriated to China, leaving the African country HEU-free.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Monday, 10 December 2018
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nigeria-becomes-HEU-free