Union of Concerned Scientists: Analysis Published in Science Finds High Assay Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel to Be Produced for Small Nuclear Power Reactors Poses a Greater Proliferation Threat Than Previously Acknowledged
June 07, 2024
June 07, 2024
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 7 (TNSres) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on June 6, 2024:
An analysis published today in the journal Science found that, contrary to a widely held assumption, the high assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) now being produced with federal subsidies to fuel the next generation of small nuclear power reactors can be used directly to make nuclear weapons, and thus presents greater terrorism and nuclear proliferation th . . .
An analysis published today in the journal Science found that, contrary to a widely held assumption, the high assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) now being produced with federal subsidies to fuel the next generation of small nuclear power reactors can be used directly to make nuclear weapons, and thus presents greater terrorism and nuclear proliferation th . . .