THE UK government is awarding £196m (US$244m) to Urenco to build a uranium enrichment facility in Cheshire that will help produce fuel for advanced nuclear reactors in a bid to ease security concerns about supplies from Russia. The funding is part of a £300m pledge the government made in January to support the production of what is known as high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU). Most nuclear reactors operating today are light water reactors that use fuel enriched to contain 2–5% of … read more »
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