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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that almost 3,500 kg of highly enriched uranium (HEU) have been removed from research reactors globally over the last decades, with the active support of the agency.
According to the IAEA, today experiments and research can be carried out using low enriched uranium (LEU), despite the fact that most research reactors were built in the 1960s and 1970s with technology that required HEU
According to the IAEA, today experiments and research can be carried out using low enriched uranium (LEU), despite the fact that most research reactors were built in the 1960s and 1970s with technology that required HEU
“The international community has successfully provided technological solutions for converting HEU fuel to LEU fuel in research reactors,” said Thomas Hanlon, nuclear engineer expert at the IAEA.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 26 February 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/agency-says-progress-made-globally-in-use-of-leu-for-research-2-2-2020
The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) said on 20 February that it had completed its evaluation of applications submitted in response to a funding opportunity for the production of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) without the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 26 February 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-to-fund-four-companies-to-produce-mo-99-without-use-of-heu-7008435
Belgium’s Council of Ministers on 7 September announced funding of €558 million ($646 million) for the Myrrha research infrastructure that is being developed at SCK•CEN’s premises in Mol.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 13 September 2018
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbelgium-allocates-funds-for-myrrha-research-facility-6748928