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The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved GE Vernova's nuclear fuel business to manufacture, ship and analyse the performance of nuclear fuel with uranium-235 enrichments of up to 8%.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Friday, 16 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/GNF-gets-approval-to-manufacture-higher-enrichment

Reactor to be built at Idaho National Laboratory with plans to connect it to microgrid

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Original article: nucnet.org/news/fuel-fabrication-begins-for-marvel-with-plant-scheduled-to-be-online-in-2027-2-1-2024

Partnership aims to produce Haleu for existing and new reactors

Source: Nucnet
Date: Thursday, 14 December 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/lightbridge-and-centrus-considering-pilot-fuel-fabrication-plant-at-piketon-12-3-2023

Centrus Energy Corp has made its first delivery of High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) to the US Department of Energy, (DOE). This completes Phase One of its contract with DOE by demonstrating its HALEU production process. Phase Two will now begin, which requires a full year of HALEU production at the rate of 900 kilograms a year using its American Centrifuge Plant (ACO) in Piketon, Ohio.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Saturday, 11 November 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscentrus-delivers-first-haleu-to-us-doe-11286837

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear says American Centrifuge Operating (ACO), a subsidiary of Centrus Energy Corp, is moving closer to operating an advanced centrifuge cascade in Piketon, Ohio, to produce US’s first high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) which is needed to develop and deploy advanced reactors. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently cleared the facility to start up enrichment operations and the demonstration project is on track to produce 20 kilograms of HALEU before the end of the year, according to DOE.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Saturday, 24 June 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-haleu-demonstration-project-prepares-for-initial-production-10961594

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Savannah River Site (SRS) says the H Canyon facility recently initiated actions to recycle a small amount of used highly enriched uranium (HEU) stored in the Site’s H Area in order to down-blend it into high-assay low enriched uranium (HALEU). “The projected demand for HALEU far exceeds the current supply,” said HALEU Programme Manager Jeff Hasty for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the site’s managing and operating contractor.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshaleu-production-planned-for-savannah-river-site-as-clean-up-continues-10731144

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has established a high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) consortium. The Consortium will help to inform DOE activities to secure a domestic supply of HALEU, which is considered crucial for the development and deployment of advanced reactors in the USA. Membership is free and open to any US entity, association, and government organisation involved in the nuclear fuel cycle. It also may include organisations whose facilities are in ally or partner nations designated by DOE.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 09 December 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-department-of-energy-establishes-haleu-consortium-10422125

Dr Kathryn Huff, recently appointed the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) assistant secretary for nuclear energy, discussed her priorities for the nuclear sector in a lengthy interview published on DOE’s website.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-assistant-secretary-for-nuclear-energy-discusses-priorities-9772725

The State of Wyoming has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Batelle Energy Alliance, the operating contractor of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), to collaborate in the research, development, demonstration and deployment of advanced energy technologies with a special focus on advanced nuclear.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Wyoming,-INL-sign-MoU-on-advanced-nuclear-developm

Tim Gitzel: Silex technology ‘has excellent potential to expand Cameco’s reach in the nuclear fuel cycle’. Courtesy Cameco. Cameco has increased its interest in Global Laser Enrichment from 24% to 49%, with Silex acquiring the remaining 51% after a restructuring of ownership that saw GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy sell its 76% share.

The Canada-based uranium company has an option to attain a majority interest of up to 75% ownership in GLE. GLE is the exclusive licensee of the proprietary Silex laser enrichment technology, third-generation uranium enrichment technology that is in the development phase.

Cameco president and chief executive officer Tim Gitzel said there are still a number of development milestones before the Silex technology can be commercialised, but “we believe it has excellent potential to expand Cameco’s reach in the nuclear fuel cycle in the future”.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 02 February 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/cameco-and-silex-complete-restructuring-of-ownership-2-1-2021

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