Southern Ohio’s former nuclear site becomes focus of global tech investment

Tucked into the hills of southern Piketon, Ohio, a site once central to America’s nuclear ambitions is being reshaped for a ...
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How uranium enrichment works and why Iran's program has people concerned

Uranium is at the heart of most nuclear weapons, but most don't understand how it's processed or how close Iran is to having ...
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Uranium gaseous diffusion: The secret behind the atom bomb, Part II

We continue the amazing broader history of gaseous diffusion as envisioned by Gordon Fee and prepared by Steve Polston, who was at one time the manager of the Paducah (Ky.) Gaseous Diffusion Plant and ...
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Affordable Cleanup?: Opportunities for Cost Reduction in the Decontamination and Decommissioning of the Nation's Uranium Enrichment Facilities

The physical and environmental state of the GDPs and the factors affecting risks subsequent to plant closure are summarized in this chapter. connected into units, and several units are connected ...
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Amentum-led team to decommission US enrichment plant

Southern Ohio Cleanup Company LLC - a joint venture led by Amentum with Fluor and Cavendish Nuclear USA - has been awarded a contract worth some USD5.87 billion by the US Department of Energy to ...
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US diffusion plant handover plans approved

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved plans by USEC to return the remainder of the Portsmouth gaseous diffusion enrichment plant to the Department of Energy (DoE). Meanwhile, the ...