Nuclear Reactors 1268 - Orano And Urenco Are Collaborating On New Transport System For Uranium Enriched Up To 20 Percent

     Orano and Urenco are collaborating in the development of a new cylinder designed for the transport of uranium enriched up to twenty percent. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has just approved the doubling of capacity of Orano’s enriched uranium transport package.

Nuclear Fusion 46 - U.K. Plans To Spend About Eight Hundred Million Dollars In The Next Four Years on Nuclear Fusion R&D

     The U.K. government has announced plans to invest about eight hundred million dollars in the U.K.’s nuclear fusion R&D program through 2027. It confirmed that it would not seek associate membership in the E.U.’s Euratom Research and Training program. The U.K. government said that it would put into place new, alternative R&D programs to support the U.K.

Nuclear Reactors 1267 - U.S. Air Force Contracts With Oklo To Build A Self-Contained Microreactor At Eielson AFB In Alaska

      Federal officials have chosen a contractor to install and operate a small, self-contained nuclear power plant at Eielson Air Force Base. The contract must clear regulatory hurdles first, but if all goes according to plan, the microreactor will be put into operation within five years.

Nuclear Weapons 827 - The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command Just Test Launched A Minuteman III ICBM

     A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and 30th Space Launch Delta Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from Vandenberg Space Force Base on September 6th. The missile was equipped with three test re-entry vehicles.

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