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that are smaller and cheaper to build than traditional nuclear plants and can provide an in situ source of l0w-emission electricity.on the import of Russian-enriched uranium earlier this year, nuclear scientists have had to resort to some highly unusual sources.
Now that the US has cut itself off from Russia's enriched uranium, these companies are becoming increasingly desperate. "We are getting to the point where we need to see more urgency from the government," TerraPower director of external affairs Jeff Navin told. "There’s a huge national interest to move quickly. We don’t fully understand why that same sense of urgency hasn’t gotten to the Department of Energy in getting this material out."of the US electricity generation.
SMRs in particular have caught the interest of officials thanks to their reliance on "high assay low-enriched uranium" which can be harvested from old weapons stockpiles. For an alternative source, the Department of Energy is hoping to revitalize a domestic uranium enrichment industry, which could take many years."Within their possession, they have more than enough to make many, many, many tons of HALEU," Navin told
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