Centrus» development of U.S. uranium enrichment technology will provide the assurance of a domestically owned and operated nuclear fuel supply for decades to come. (centrusenergy.com)
The original application for the GE Hitachi plant in 2009 set off a protracted debate over whether the NRC, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, sufficiently weighs proliferation risks when licensing new types of enrichment technology (See «Laser plant offers cheap way to make nuclear fuel»). (scientificamerican.com)
Over the long term, the United States will need to deploy a domestic enrichment technology at industrial scale. (centrusenergy.com)