TEHRAN – Iran has started enriching uranium with a third cascade of advanced IR-2m centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear facility, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) tells its members, according to Press TV. “On 7 March 2021, the Agency verified … that: Iran had begun feeding natural UF6 into the third cascade of 174 IR-2m […]
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Honeywell to reopen in early 2023
A part of the Metropolis landscape since 1958, the Honeywell Metropolis Works plant is scheduled to restart production of uranium hexafluoride in early 2023. Preparation of the site will start immediately. Honeywell will hire 160 full-time employees as well as contractors by the end of next year. While rumors had been flying around for a […]
Before it was Honeywell …
The following Allied Corporation Metropolis Plant company background information is taken from the Massac County Illinois History Vol. 1 1987 book produced by the Massac County Historical Society. In October 1955, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) permitted industry to enter the uranium hexafluoride (UF6) conversion business by inviting bids on a contract for the conversion […]
Honeywell to reopen Metropolis, Ill. plant
Honeywell announced it will reopen its Metropolis, Ill. plant. (Source: KFVS) METROPOLIS, Ill. (KFVS) – Honeywell will reopen its Metropolis Works plant. The company plans to restart production in 2023 with preparations starting in 2021. They plan to hire 160 full-time employees, as well as contractors, by the end of 2022. Honeywell released the […]
Honeywell to re-open the USA’s only domestic uranium conversion facility in Metropolis
Idled US conversion plant preparing for 2023 restart Honeywell has said it intends to re-open the USA’s only domestic uranium conversion facility, the Metropolis Works plant, in Metropolis, Illinois. Preparations for a 2023 restart will begin this year. Honeywell in November 2017 announced the temporary suspension of UF6 production at Metropolis pending an improvement in […]
Kairos Power selects East Tennessee Technology Park site for fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature test reactor
OAK RIDGE, TENN., UNITED STATES — Kairos Power announced today at the 2020 East Tennessee Economic Council (ETEC) Annual Meeting and Awards Celebration its plans to deploy a test reactor at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, pending completion of due diligence and the results of discussions with state and local […]
NRL-built Argon Fluoride Laser marks breakthrough, sets new energy record
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory research team set a new energy record on March 5 using an argon fluoride laser. This energy is twice the previous record. It delivered a laser beam capable of applying more force to implode a laser fusion target than any other laser technology, which is […]
Proposed deal cuts average US utility quota of Russian uranium to 17% from 20%
Highlights Quota between 20%-24% to 2027 for new contracts Quota drops to 15% in 2028 US nuclear utilities will support amendment US uranium producers call for uranium reserve Washington — The US Department of Commerce and Russian-state owned nuclear company Rosatom have signed a proposal to extend an agreement limiting US imports of Russian uranium […]
CNL announces SMR research partnership with Kairos Power
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has announced a collaboration agreement with US-based Kairos Power, which is working to develop and license fluoride salt-cooled small modular reactor (SMR) technology. The agreement is funded through CNL’s Canadian Nuclear Research Initiative (CNRI) programme and will cover research and engineering of technologies to separate, analyse and store tritium generated through […]
Russia to build an additional facility to process DUHF (depleted uranium hexafluoride )
In line with plans to reduce its stockpile of depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUHF), a waste produce to uranium enrichment, enterprises of Russia’s Fuel Company TVEL (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) plans to build a new facility for the treatment of DUHF. The Central Design and Technological Institute (TSPI) and the Ural Electrochemical Plant (UECP) […]