Uranium enrichment rss

Try again on US-South Korea cooperation deal

Nuclear Policies

25 April 2013

Decisions on the future of South Korea's fuel cycle have been put off for another two years. The country wants to recycle and reprocess used reactor fuel but requires American consent.

Joint venture confirms Paducah interest

Exploration and Nuclear Fuel

09 April 2013

Paducah (DoE)_48Two more companies have registered their interest in operating the US Department of Energy's (DoE's) Paducah gaseous diffusion enrichment plant and utilising DoE's inventory of depleted uranium hexafluoride.

China builds uranium enrichment centrifuge

Exploration and Nuclear Fuel

25 February 2013

Lanzhou - centrifuges 48The first domestically-produced centrifuge has been successfully installed at a uranium enrichment plant at the Lanzhou Nuclear Fuel Complex, China National Nuclear Corporation announced. China has previously relied on Russian enrichment technology.

UK decides on Urenco sale

Corporate

22 April 2013

The British government will go ahead with a process to sell its stake in Urenco, subject to security concerns and the company's complex ownership structure.

Proposal for Paducah laser enrichment plant

Exploration and Nuclear Fuel

26 February 2013

Paducah (DoE)_48GE-Hitachi subsidiary Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) has formalised a proposal to set up a laser uranium enrichment plant using SILEX technology at the US Department of Energy's Paducah enrichment site in Kentucky.

UK shifts Urenco oversight

Corporate

17 January 2013

Responsibility for Britain's stake in Urenco has been moved between government departments in a measure that will help the country's work on a possible sale.