U.S. planning test reactor to run on weapons-grade uranium.

Use of highly enriched fuel in civilian reactor would contravene decades-old nonproliferation policy 23 MAY 2023, BYADRIAN CHO,  https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-planning-test-reactor-run-weapons-grade-uranium The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is planning a small test reactor that would burn a large amount of weapons-grade uranium, according to the project’s draft environmental assessment. The experiment, to be built in a cost-sharing arrangement,…

Related Keywords

Texas ,United States ,Idaho ,Christina Macpherson ,Joe Biden ,Alan Kuperman ,John Tierney ,Edwin Lyman ,Office Of Nuclear Energy ,Southern Company Services ,International Atomic Energy Agency ,Union Of Concerned Scientists ,Us Department Of Energy ,National Nuclear Security Administration ,University Of Texas At Austin ,Idaho National Laboratory ,Southern Company ,Physics Today ,Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment ,Arms Control ,Nuclear Energy ,President Joe Biden ,