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New Mexico: International Isotopes, Inc. proposes fluorine gas plant near Hobbs
See full Associated Press article, “Idaho Firm Proposes Fluorine Gas Plant Near Hobbs” at http://www.newswest9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11854857 Excerpts: The proposed 640-acre, $93 million facility “would produce fluorine gas used in medical equipment and solar panels…” “The plant would produce fluorine gas from uranium tails created during nuclear enrichment… the facility could handle about 25 percent of the […]
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Germany: Incident at Gronau enrichment plant
Urenco is investigating after a worker at Germany’s Gronau enrichment plant was exposed to uranium hexaFLUORIDE. The incident occurred on 21 January when, during preparation of a container, a release of the radioactive substance occurred. One employee of who was operating at that time was admitted to hospital as a precaution for 24 hours for […]
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CITGO Fined $236.5K After Chemical Leak at South Texas Plant
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited CITGO Refining and Chemicals LP in Corpus Christi, Texas, for workplace safety violations resulting from a catastrophic release of hydrocarbon and hydrofluoric acid from the facility’s alkylation unit. Proposed penalties total $236,500. OSHA alleges two willful, 15 serious and one repeat violation […]
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US: International Isotopes Inc. announces submission of the license application for their Uranium De-conversion and Fluorine Extraction Processing Facility in New Mexico
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — International Isotopes Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: INIS) announces it has submitted its license application to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its depleted uranium de-conversion and fluorine extraction processing facility. Steve T. Laflin, President and CEO, stated, “The submission of this license application represents another significant […]
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Russia opens depleted hex reprocessing plant
JSC PO Electrochemical Plant, an Atomenergoprom company has commissioned Russia’s first commercial plant to reprocess depleted hexafluoride into uranium oxide concentrate. The plant uses Areva NC technology and the pyrohydrolysis method to convert the depleted hex (UF6) into hydrofluoric acid and U3O8, which can be used to produce fuel for fast neutron reactors. The contract […]
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One strike on Isfahan in 2004 might have ended Iran’s nukes
It is possible that the Iranian nuclear threat could have been resolved a few years ago, when Tehran’s nuclear program depended on a single uranium enrichment facility in Isfahan. If that facility had been bombed Iran would have lost large quantities of the raw material for uranium enrichment, setting back its nuclear program for years. […]
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The green salt mystery
A short note on the IAEA’s report to its board of governors on Iran yesterday. It is marked by the impatient and sceptical language that has become an increasingly regular feature of the agency’s Iran reports. That scepticism shines brightest in the section about the Qom enrichment plant which IAEA inspectors saw on October 26 […]
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GE is trying to blast into the business of making nuclear reactor fuel with lasers.
General Electric builds new nuclear plants, fixes broken ones and makes old ones generate more power. It packages reactor fuel into bundles for nuke operators. There is one lucrative stop on the nuclear fuel train where GE doesn’t collect a toll, though: enriching uranium into nuclear fuel. GE has now decided it wants into the […]
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Paducah Gaseous Enrichment Plant; Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately)
In the Matter of United States Enrichment Corporation, Paducah Gaseous Enrichment Plant; Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately) I The United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), a subsidiary of USEC Inc., is the holder of NRC Certificates of Compliance (COC) No. GDP-1 issued by the NRC pursuant to 10 CFR Part 76 on November 26, 1996, and renewed […]
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UK: URENCO plans tails plant at Capenhurst
Preliminary planning consent has been granted to URENCO ChemPlants Ltd – a wholly owned subsidiary of international energy and technology group URENCO – to build a new Tails Management Facility (TMF) at its site at Capenhurst, near Chester, UK, for the treatment and management of depleted uranium hexafluoride. Nuclear sector design specialist Morgan Professional Services […]
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