CONVERSION, has been launched with the aim of accelerating the conversion of high-performance research reactors by testing ...

As the city of Oak Ridge races to once again be the U.S. capital of uranium enrichment, one company hopes to commercialize a ...

Two much-watched advanced nuclear fuel technology companies—Oklo and Lightbridge—will consider co-locating their commercial ...

The first batch of nuclear fuel pellets with uranium levels enriched to eight percent was pressed at Westinghouse Electric ...

Many advanced reactor designs, including small modular reactors (SMRs), will require high assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel, which ranges from 5 to 20 per cent of uranium-235 — beyond ...

In order to produce fuel for certain types of nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons, uranium has to be "enriched" in the U-235 isotope, which is responsible for nuclear fission. During the enrichment ...

uranium is enriched in the U-235 isotope. Uranium enrichment is key for powering nuclear processes. Uranium's usefulness as fuel hinges on the amount of U-235 present. In its natural state ...