High Assay Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel Poses Major Proliferation Threat
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 07, 2024
An analysis published in the journal Science found that the high assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) produced with federal subsidies for small nuclear power reactors can be used to make nuclear weapons, presenting greater terrorism and nuclear proliferation threats than acknowledged by the federal government and industry. "Were HALEU to become a standard reactor fuel without appropriate res
An analysis published in the journal Science found that the high assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) produced with federal subsidies for small nuclear power reactors can be used to make nuclear weapons, presenting greater terrorism and nuclear proliferation threats than acknowledged by the federal government and industry. "Were HALEU to become a standard reactor fuel without appropriate res