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facility began operating in November 1943, separating uranium-235 from natural uranium, which is 99.3% uranium-238, by using calutrons to perform electromagnetic

170,000 metric tons uranium (MTU) of metal products and 35,000 MTU of intermediate compounds, such as uranium trioxide and uranium tetrafluoride. Fernald

chosen for the X-10 Graphite Reactor, used to produce plutonium from natural uranium. Enrico Fermi and his colleagues developed the world's second self-sustaining

removed all the highly enriched uranium from Ghana and repatriated it to China. The Ghanaian reactor now uses low-enriched uranium. NNSA's Office of Counterterrorism

was to produce high purity uranium from uranium ores. Harley Wilhelm developed new methods for both reducing and casting uranium metal, making it possible

(January 19, 2024). "Uranium Prices Explode As Wyoming Uranium Miners Rush To Cash In". https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/01/19/wyoming-uranium-miners-rush-t

and build new reactor fuels that replace highly enriched uranium with a safer, low-enriched uranium fuel. To protect against threats from the dispersal of

buyer of uranium from the beginning of the program in 1947 through 1966. From 1966 to the end of the program in 1970, the AEC continued to buy uranium to support

radioactive operations on 4 November. PUREX (Plutonium and Uranium EXtraction) extracted plutonium and uranium products from materials irradiated in the reactors

nonpartisan guide to the entire range of energy topics from biodiesel to uranium. Energy Kids: Educates students, citizens, and even policymakers and journalists

City, Colorado. Not counting byproduct uranium from phosphate, Colorado is considered to have the third-largest uranium reserves of any U.S. state, behind

including almost two tons of low-enriched uranium (LEU), several hundred tons of yellowcake (a type of uranium powder), and other radioactive sources. Code-named

and manages all aspects of the conversion process, including uranium deliveries, uranium sampling, materials storage, and product delivery. Jointly owned

light-water-cooled and -moderated, flux-trap type reactor that uses highly enriched uranium fuel. The preliminary conceptual design of the reactor was based on the

objective was to obtain operational data on slightly enriched fuel and uranium-thorium fuel mixtures. The reactor was designed as a flexible development

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after developing health problems that may have been related to depleted uranium or thorium exposure. In 1994, the EPA listed the plant as a Superfund site

SuperBlock, with emphasis on safety and security. Work with highly enriched uranium is also conducted there. In March 2008, the National Nuclear Security Administration

which was established during World War II to house the Manhattan Project's uranium enrichment facilities for the construction of the world's first atomic bombs

continue to decline over time, the longer-lived isotopes like plutonium or uranium could pose risks for thousands of years. The Department of Energy has more