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The US has sensitive nuclear technology at a nuclear power plant inside Ukraine and is warning Russia not to touch it, according to a letter the US Department of Energy (DOE) sent to Rosatom, CNN reported. The letter, from the director of DOE’s Office of Nonproliferation Policy, Andrea Ferkile, was dated 17 March 2023. It tells Rosatom’s director general that the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Enerhodar “contains US-origin nuclear technical data that is export-controlled by the United States Government”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 22 April 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-warns-russia-not-to-touch-us-technology-at-zaporizhia-npp-10779550
BR2 is one of the most powerful research reactors in the world contributing significantly to the global supply of medical radioisotopes and testing nuclear innovations. Since it began operating in 1962, it has been fuelled by highly enriched uranium (HEU), considered a nuclear proliferation risk. Belgium’s nuclear research centre, SCK-CEN, plans to replace this with low-enriched uranium (LEU).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbelgiums-br2-research-reactor-to-use-low-enriched-uranium-fuel-10714503
This is a "fantastic moment" for the USA to reclaim global nuclear energy leadership and lead in the conversations on energy security and the carbon transition worldwide, says Kathryn Huff, the US Department of Energy’s new assistant secretary for nuclear energy, in a question and answer session for the Office of Nuclear Energy setting out her priorities for the role.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 14 June 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Q-A-The-US-s-new-assistant-secretary-for-nuclear