Uranium enrichment requires separating heavier uranium-238 atoms from the lighter uranium-235 atoms needed to create the chain reaction that releases energy. Existing power plants operate with near 5% ...

The federal government is sending enriched uranium to a nuclear company that aims to build next-gen salt-cooled reactors in ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued its first production-scale task orders under a $2.7-billion uranium enrichment program launched in 2024, awarding $900 million each to Centrus Energy ...

A nuclear energy firm has signed a government lease to build a $1.5- billion commercial uranium enrichment plant at a former federal gaseous diffusion site in Paducah, Ky., to boost U.S. nuclear power ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two companies with ties to Oak Ridge have netted $1.8 billion in federal support to fuel domestic uranium enrichment, bolstering a ...

Centrus Energy LEU has officially begun industrial-scale centrifuge manufacturing to support commercial Low-Enriched Uranium enrichment activities at its Piketon, OH, facility. This marks a pivotal ...