The China Academy of Sciences in January 2011 launched a program of R&D on thorium-breeding molten-salt reactors (Th-MSR or TMSR), otherwise known as Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR), claiming to have the world’s largest national effort on these and hoping to obtain full intellectual property rights on the technology. A 5 MWe MSR is apparently […]
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New Mexico: Governor signs bill clarifying tax break for uranium enrichment plant
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SANTA FE, N.M. — Gov. Susana Martinez has signed legislation to clarify a tax break New Mexico provides for a uranium enrichment plant in southeastern New Mexico. The change in law will ensure that the plant’s utility customers won’t be taxed if they sell a uranium compound before it is enriched. Utilities send uranium hexafluoride […]
CX-007967, CX-000889 and CX-005094: CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION DETERMINATIONS
“Electrochemical Fluorination in Molten Fluoride Salts CX(s) Applied: B3.6 Date: 02/07/2012 Location(s): South Carolina Offices(s): Savannah River Operations Office This EEC covers activities related to development of an electrochemical fluorination process to separate selected metals (non-RCRA) from depleted uranium. The goal of the process is to convert depleted uranium metal (U) to gaseous uranium hexafluoride […]
Electro Metallurgical site in Niagara Falls NY, 1942-47: NIOSH Special Exposure Cohort
This report (pages 1-51) evaluates the feasibility of reconstructing doses for all workers who worked in any area at the Electro Metallurgical (also known as Electro Met) for the period from August 13, 1942 through June 30, 1953. It provides information and analyses germane to considering a petition for adding a class of employees to […]
New Mexico: NRC seeks public comment on draft report for proposed uranium deconversion facility
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking public comment on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on a proposed facility in Lea County, N.M., that would deconvert depleted uranium hexafluoride from the uranium enrichment industry to make it more suitable for disposal. The DEIS contains the staff’s preliminary assessment that no large environmental impacts are expected […]
Paducah and Portsmouth Sites Advance Operations at DUF6 Plants
Paducah and Portsmouth – Babcock & Wilcox Conversion Services (BWCS) began work at the Paducah and Portsmouth sites in March with the goal of making two depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion plants fully operational. The DOE site operations contactor achieved that goal at 3:43 p.m. Sept. 30 when all seven conversion lines at the plants […]
United States and Czech Republic Join Together to Announce Bilateral Nuclear Energy Research and Development Efforts
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — The U.S. Department of Energy recently joined with the ?ež Nuclear Research Institute, the U.S. Embassy in Prague, Texas A&M and the Czech Nuclear Education Network (CENEN) to announce a series of bilateral nuclear research and development programs that will help to advance safe and secure nuclear energy technologies in both […]
Advancing our Nuclear Collaboration with the Czech Republic
This week, I joined with the Rez Nuclear Research Institute, the U.S. Embassy in Prague, Texas A&M and the Czech Nuclear Education Network in Prague, Czech Republic, to announce a series of bilateral nuclear research and development programs that will help to advance safe and secure nuclear energy technologies in both countries. Prague has long […]
Gogi, India: Committee submits recommendations
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GULBARGA: The Local Committee consisting of Dr J R Mudkavi (chairman) and Dr Shekhar Patil which has submitted its recommendations on safety measures to be taken for mining uranium at Gogi and surrounding villages has suggested that an independent knowledge centre be established in Gogi or Shahapur to provide information on all aspects — including […]
Weinberg Foundation – new pressure group for liquid-fluoride thorium nuclear reactors
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Kirk Sorensen explains how the nuclear energy fuel thorium could replace coal to meet our energy needs Link to this video Parliamentary events are often dull affairs, but Thursday night’s launch of the Weinberg Foundation – a new pressure group advocating thorium nuclear energy – was quite the opposite. I can’t remember the last time […]