Nuclear Video Matinee: Uranium Mining and Milling
It's hot out! Across much of the United States, the largest heat wave of the summer has been stagnating all week.
It's hot out! Across much of the United States, the largest heat wave of the summer has been stagnating all week.
Senate hearing focuses on securing the entire U.S. nuclear fuel cycle
“Right now, our country is deficient in nearly every aspect of the fuel cycle. This must change and it must change quickly,” said Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.V.), chairman of the Senate...
Senate nuclear fuel bill targets “all viable options” for LEU and HALEU supply
The bipartisan Nuclear Fuel Security Act (NFSA), introduced in the Senate last week, would authorize the Department of Energy to establish a Nuclear Fuel Security Program to “ensure a...
NRC approves disposal plan for New Mexico mining waste
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a plan by United Nuclear Corp. (UNC) to dispose of mine waste from the Northeast Church Rock mine site in New Mexico at the company’s nearby...
Cs-137 sealed source found in Western Australia
Australian emergency services has located the lost sealed source, the BBC reported early February 1.The cesium-137 capsule, part of a density gauge used at Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri mine in...
The mystery of the hidden uranium: Elementary, my dear Watson?
The discovery of a small amount of uranium inside a package of scrap metal bars at Heathrow Airport in London has raised a number of puzzling questions that are being investigated by Scotland...
Looking back at 2022—October through December
Another calendar year has passed. Before heading too far into 2023, let’s look back at what happened in 2022 for the American Nuclear Society and the nuclear community. In today's post that...
DOE-NE opens HALEU Consortium with focus on information exchange
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy announced December 7 that its new HALEU Consortium is open for membership. And not just from U.S. enrichers, fuel fabricators, and others...
Virginia Uranium’s new owner hopes to wait out mining moratorium
Consolidated Uranium plans to acquire Virginia Energy Resources, which owns Virginia Uranium and the Coles Hill Uranium Project, an undeveloped uranium deposit that sits under about 3,000...
Two reports agree: Diverse advanced reactor fuel cycles can succeed
Advanced reactors and small modular reactors with strikingly different coolants and sizes offer an array of different benefits, but when it comes to fuel cycle issues, including spent fuel and...
Lawmaker releases U.S. nuclear energy “blueprint”
Rep. Jeff Duncan (R., S.C.), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has issued a three-page “Blueprint for Nuclear Innovation and Competitiveness,” highlighting nuclear...