Urenco Gets US Approval to Make More Powerful Nuclear Fuel
Canisters filled with uranium hexafluoride gas at the Urenco USA uranium enrichment facility near Eunice, New Mexico.
Photographer: Mark Felix/BloombergUrenco USA, the only US supplier of nuclear fuel for conventional reactors, has received permission from regulators to make a new type of uranium fuel.
The company expects to begin production of the fuel this year at its site in New Mexico, with commercial deliveries expected in 2026, according to a statement Thursday.