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U.S., Japan near end of HEU-to-LEU transition, plan expanded fusion partnership

Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 2:30PMNuclear News

U.S. deputy secretary of energy David M. Turk (left) and Japan’s minister of education, sports, science, and technology Masahito Moriyama, in Washington, D.C. (Photo: DOE)

During a state visit to the White House by Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida on April 10, the Department of Energy announced that U.S. and Japanese agencies had cooperated to remove all high-enriched uranium (HEU) from the Japan Materials Testing Reactor Critical Assembly (JMTRC) of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) two years ahead of schedule.

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U.S., Japan near end of HEU-to-LEU transition, plan expanded fusion partnership

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