DOE Office of Environmental Management: PPPO's Cylinder Management Helps Shape Nuclear Renaissance
April 21, 2026
April 21, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release:
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PPPO's Cylinder Management Helps Shape Nuclear Renaissance
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Decades of uranium enrichment operations at two former gaseous diffusion plants yielded thousands of cylinders of depleted uranium hexafluoride, or DUF6, that accumulated in storage yards. Now, with a nuclear renaissance underway, opportunities to reuse . . .
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PPPO's Cylinder Management Helps Shape Nuclear Renaissance
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Decades of uranium enrichment operations at two former gaseous diffusion plants yielded thousands of cylinders of depleted uranium hexafluoride, or DUF6, that accumulated in storage yards. Now, with a nuclear renaissance underway, opportunities to reuse . . .