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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) says it has removed 45 kilograms of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Japan and returned it to the USA. Fulfilling a commitment made at the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, NNSA and Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) have removed all HEU from the Kyoto University Critical Assembly (KUCA).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 13 August 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-removes-highly-enriched-uranium-from-japan-9924651
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
Following the announcement earlier in March that US-based Lightbridge Corporation and France’s Framatome ghad agreed to terminate their Enfission joint venture, Lightbridge on 24 March announced their financial results for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2020 and provided an update on the company's progress.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 30 March 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newslightbridge-and-framatome-go-their-separate-ways-8633278
Nuclear energy is the key to making climate commitments work and will play a critical role in meeting the Biden Administration's ambitious climate goals, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) President and CEO Maria Korsnick told the organisation's annual State of the Nuclear Energy Industry event yesterday.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 25 March 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Swift-action-needed-to-rebuild-world-s-energy-syst