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2008, 138). Spent fuel processing or reprocessing are terms used to describe this process. Reprocessing can be used to remove fi ...

Uranium enrichment is not prohibited by the NPT and is a fundamental step necessary to produce reac- tor grade fuel like that us ...

not need its own enrichment capability if its inten- tions, as it states, are for a peaceful nuclear program (CNN 2010b). From a ...

focused on one of those energy choices: nuclear en- ergy. From the analysis herein, I believe that all six of the national secur ...

at one nuclear site. A 2010 DOE outlook, conducted prior to the Blueprint’s release, estimated that only be- tween six and fifte ...

to no more than two or three for a period of time, say ten years. This would allow for simplified licensing and oversight, while ...

for the use of the fuel, might be in the interest of the United States. Nation’s with only peaceful intentions for nuclear energ ...

In conclusion, the insights of a third Nobel Lau- reate are presented for consideration. In 2004, Profes- sor Richard Smalley te ...

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