Iran says it has breached 2015 nuclear deal’s stockpile limit

Key Points Iran has breached the limit of its enriched uranium stockpile set in a 2015 deal with major powers, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday, according to the ISNA news agency. Iran defied a warning by European co-signatories to stick to the deal despite U.S. sanctions. Zarif confirmed that Iran had exceeded […]

Leaky Hydrogen Fluoride System at 9212 Reactivated This Month

The prime contractor for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12 National Security Complex continued to grapple with a fix for a hydrogen fluoride system until earlier this month — well after an April leak that prompted an evacuation of the agency’s main uranium processing building. The system in Building 9212 “returned to operation on Monday, […]

Iran announces it will exceed uranium stockpile restraints of nuclear deal

Iran announced on Monday that it will break the limit for its uranium stockpile agreed to in the Obama-era nuclear deal within the next 10 days. Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization spokesman, Behrouz Kamalvandi, said on state television that the country has “quadrupled the rate of enrichment and even increased it more recently,” which will push Tehran’s […]

Urenco completes construction of UK tails plant

Uranium enrichment company Urenco has today held a ceremony to mark the official opening of its Tails Management Facility (TMF) at Capenhurst in the UK. The TMF will treat depleted uranium tails, a by-product of the enrichment process, by converting them from uranium hexafluoride into more chemically stable uranium oxide. The exterior of the new […]

Hole in Valve Linked to April Hydrogen Fluoride Leak at Y-12

Note from the Fluoride Action Network The Y-12 National Security Complex is a United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. en.wikipedia.org ___________________________________________________ A hole in a calibration valve caused the hydrogen fluoride leak that prompted the operations contractor of the Y-12 […]

What is the Nuclear Fuel Cycle?

Nuclear fuel, despite being a nonrenewable energy source, is said to be more efficient than fossil fuels. Uranium is a radioactive metal commonly used in the production of nuclear fuel and has the potential to produce massive amounts of energy. However, to realize this potential, uranium must first undergo the nuclear fuel cycle.  There are […]

‘There was never a threat to the community’ say officials after Y-12 chemical leak

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WVLT) — All nuclear material is safe and site personnel are returning to normal operations after authorities with the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge said an incident occurred Thursday morning. According to initial reports, the incident occurred at 7:52 a.m. Thursday morning after sensors indicated a potential release of hydrogen […]

What is hydrogen fluoride?

Emergency personnel responded to the Y-12 National Security Complex after sensors indicated a potential release of hydrogen fluoride within a processing enclosure. OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Emergency personnel responded to the Y-12 National Security Complex after sensors indicated a potential release of hydrogen fluoride within a processing enclosure Thursday morning. According to a tweet from […]

All nuclear material safe, no injuries after chemical leak at Y-12 National Security Complex

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Update (10:30 a.m.):  Hydrogen fluoride, a potentially deadly chemical, was accidentally released in a small enclosure at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge and required an emergency response Thursday morning. RELATED: What is hydrogen fluoride? Two sensors went off shortly before 8 a.m. indicating the chemical had been released […]

Iran Ships 30 Tons of Mined Uranium ‘Yellow Cake’ to Facility in Isfahan

FILE PHOTO: Iranian technicians lift a barrel of “yellow cake” to feed it into the processing line of Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) in Isfahan, about 420 kM south of Tehran, on August 8, 2005. REUTERS U.S.-Iranian tensions have resurged since President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the 2015 nuclear accord, calling it deeply flawed. […]