The US Department of Energy and Norway’s ministry of trade, industry, and fisheries have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance a project aimed at eliminating Norway’s high-enriched uranium (HEU) by downblending it to low-enriched uranium.
If the project is successfully completed, Norway will become the 35th country to be considered HEU-free.
Norway has never had any commercial nuclear power reactors, but has used HEU in its research reactors, all four of which have been permanently shut down and two decommissioned. According to the independent expert group the International Panel on Fissile Materials, Norway has a stockpile of between 1 kg and 10 kg of HEU.
If the project is successfully completed, Norway will become the 35th country to be considered HEU-free.
Norway has never had any commercial nuclear power reactors, but has used HEU in its research reactors, all four of which have been permanently shut down and two decommissioned. According to the independent expert group the International Panel on Fissile Materials, Norway has a stockpile of between 1 kg and 10 kg of HEU.
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