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Uranium extracted from over 20,000 Russian nuclear warheads as part of the 'Megatons to Megawatts' initiative has supplied over 10% of all US electricity over the last 15 years. Now, that program has officially come to an end.

USEC announced, 10 December, that it had shipped the last cylinders of low enriched uranium under the Megatons to Megawatts program from the Port of Baltimore to its facility in Paducah, Kentucky.

Since 1995, USEC has purchased more than 14,000 metric tons of low enriched uranium downblended from 500 metric tons of weapons-grade uranium

"Since 1995, USEC has purchased more than 14,000 metric tons of low enriched uranium downblended from 500 metric tons of weapons-grade uranium that has been extracted from the equivalent of 20,000 Russian nuclear warheads," a statement said.

Date: Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmegatons-to-megawatts-comes-to-an-end-4144340

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