Uranium enrichment starting at federally supported demonstration project in Ohio
Uranium enrichment starting at federally supported demonstration project in Ohio
Uranium enrichment at a facility in southern Ohio is getting underway this week. It's a federally authorized demonstration project in Piketon, Ohio, that's considered critical to produce the type of fuel needed for newer, more efficient nuclear reactors.
Uranium enrichment is getting underway this week at a facility in southern Ohio, a federally authorized demonstration project considered critical to produce the type of fuel needed for newer, more efficient nuclear reactors.
Bethesda, Maryland-based Centrus Energy Corp. will be producing the high-assay, low-enriched uranium at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, about 68 miles (109 kilometers) south of Columbus. That form of uranium contains far more of the isotope U-235 than is typically found in current nuclear reactor fuel.
LET'S GOOOOOO!
Yeah, more highly enriched uranium is just what the world needs right now. Nothing could possibly go wrong.
This is not HEU. HEU can be used to make weapons. This is to make HALEU (high-assay low enriched uranium) which is a legal designation up to 20% enrichment in U-235. Yes, we absolutely need more HALEU in the world right now to generate more clean electricity from nuclear energy to combat climate change. Many advanced reactor designs rely on HALEU.