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The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy is requesting comments on a draft voluntary agreement for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Defense Production Act (DPA) Consortium, with a short deadline of November 24 for comments.
Notice of the request for comments, along with the text of the draft voluntary agreement, was published in the November 17 Federal Register.
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DOE seeks proposals for AI data centers at Paducah
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American Fuel Resources requests license for N.M. uranium deconversion plant
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ANS sends waste policy recommendations to DOE
The American Nuclear Society has sent a letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright with a set of recommendations for the Department of Energy to take to establish an effective national program to...
NEA report calls for more accurate data on SNF heat decay
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Urenco USA gets OK to enrich uranium up to 10 percent
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