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South Korea is to co-operate with the US in optimising nuclear proliferation resistance in its research reactors for export. A joint statement issued by the Korean Ministry of Science & ICT and the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said the two countries plan to collaborate on designing research reactors and associated facilities developed by Korea under NNSA's Proliferation Resistance Optimization-X (PRO-X) programme.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssouth-korea-and-us-to-cooperate-on-research-reactor-proliferation-resistance-11707692
The US Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Japan and the US had removed all highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)’s Japan Materials Testing Reactor Critical Assembly (JMTRC) two years ahead of schedule.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsheu-removed-from-japanese-critical-assembly-ahead-of-schedule-11687212
A second campaign to repatriate high-enriched uranium (HEU) from a research reactor in Japan to the USA has been completed, bringing to an end a three-year joint effort to transfer 45 kg of the material as part of shared non-proliferation goals.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 12 August 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Cooperative-effort-sees-Japanese-HEU-transfer-comp
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is asking the public for its input on plans to create a new programme to assure the availability of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel - needed for the demonstration and commercial deployment of advanced reactors - in the USA. Meanwhile, Centrus is working with Clean Core Thorium Energy on advanced fuel using HALEU and thorium.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 16 December 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/USA-builds-HALEU-supply-chain