UK declares biggest nuclear revival in 70 years with plans for new reactors and fuel production. Most reactors operating today are light water reactors. These use fuel that has been enriched to contain around 2–5% of the uranium-235 isotope which contributes to the fission process. By switching enrichment processes from gaseous diffusion to centrifugal techniques, it is economically viable to enrich fuels beyond 5%, producing high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel for new reactors. This allows for longer operating cycles, smaller … read more »
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