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Optimizing Maintenance Strategies in Power Generation: Embracing Predictive and Preventive Approaches
From the pages of the September 2023 issue of Nuclear News.
But nuclear fuel—unlike coal, oil, or even natural uranium—is a feat of engineering, not a commodity extracted from the earth. Now, “more” means more engineering—to boost uranium density or to close the fuel cycle.
BWXT acquires Oak Ridge site as NNSA pursues unobligated enriched uranium
BWX Technologies Inc. has purchased about 97 acres of land in an Oak Ridge, Tenn., industrial park where the company expects to build a uranium enrichment facility using a technology called...
Los Alamos researchers test TRISO transportation
Los Alamos National Laboratory recently performed a series of customized criticality experiments to obtain data that will support the transportation of HALEU TRISO fuel, the Department of...
Latest Red Book stresses need for boosts in uranium development
The latest edition of Uranium 2024: Resources, Production and Demand, commonly known as the Red Book, reports that current uranium resources are sufficient to meet low- and high-growth nuclear...
DOE commits to supplying HALEU to five advanced nuclear companies
The Department of Energy has announced its first round of conditional commitments to provide high-assay low-enriched uranium to five U.S. nuclear developers. According to the DOE, the delivery...
Argonne research aims to improve nuclear fuel recycling and metal recovery
Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory are investigating a used nuclear fuel recycling technology that could lead to a scaled-down and more efficient approach to metal recovery, according...
This month’s Nuclear News pays tribute to the people and projects that keep our nuclear power plants running.In the nuclear industry, “life extension” is a venerable term that broadly...
Uncertainty contributes to lowest uranium spot prices in 18 months
A combination of plentiful supply and uncertain demand resulted in spot pricing for uranium closing out March below $64 per pound, with dips down to about $63.50 during mid-March—the lowest...
Kazakhstan is ready to power the world’s green transition
As Western countries accelerate their decarbonization efforts, nuclear power is set to play a key role in achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. For instance, the United Kingdom’s goal of...
A good narrative for nuclear power
During an interview for Kitco News at the 2025 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention, held in Toronto in early March, the chief executive of British...
U.S. uranium production up as companies press “go” on dormant operations
U.S. uranium production increased throughout 2024, with more growth planned in 2025. The producers who can make that happen, however, were burned before by a “renaissance” that didn’t...
