Location: Piketon, OHLicensee: Centrus Energy Corp.Operating License: SNM-2011License Expires: April 13, 2037Docket Number: 07007004Facility Type:Uranium Enrichment – Gas CentrifugeFacility Status: Construction (inactive)Press ReleasesUpcoming MeetingsPast Mee...
Uranium enrichment technology that uses many rotating cylinders that are connected in long lines to increase the concentration of uranium-235. Gas is placed in the cylinder, which spins at a high speed, creating a strong centrifugal force. Heavier gas molecules move to the cyl...
On this page:Gas Centrifuge DeploymentHigh-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium DemonstrationHALEU ProductionGas Centrifuge DeploymentAmerican Centrifuge Operating, LLC (ACO), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Centrus Energy Corp. (Centrus), possesses one active enrichment facility ...
On this page:Gas Centrifuge Enrichment ProcessHistoryRegulations and LegislationLicensing ReviewsGas Centrifuge Enrichment ProcessThe gas centrifuge uranium enrichment process uses a large number of rotating cylinders (i.e., centrifuges) to enrich uranium. See a description of...
On this page:Publication InformationAbstractDownload complete documentNUREG-1851 (PDF - 18.2 MB)Publication InformationManuscript Completed: September 2006 Date Published: September 2006Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safegua...
This page includes links to files in non-HTML format. See Plugins, Viewers, and Other Tools for more information.USEC Inc. American Centrifuge Plant License Application DocumentsCover letter, dated August 23, 2004, transmitting applicationLicense Application for the American ...
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Uranium enrichment is one step in the process of manufacturing fuel for nuclear reactors. The questions and answers on this page provide information about one method of enriching uranium using centrifuges.On this page:What is the uranium enrichment process?What are the princip...
1. Assemblies and components especially designed or prepared for use in gas centrifuges.Note: The gas centrifuge normally consists of a thin-walled cylinder(s) of between 75 mm and 650 mm diameter contained in a vacuum environment and spun at high peripheral speed (of the orde...
On this page:Publication InformationAbstractDownload complete documentNUREG-1834, Volume 2 - Appendices A - K (PDF - 31.14 MB)Publication InformationManuscript Completed: April 2006Date Published: April 2006Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection
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On this page:Publication InformationAbstractDownload complete documentNUREG-1834, Volume 1: Chapters 1–10 (PDF 23.6 MB)Publication InformationManuscript Completed: April 2006Date Published: April 2006Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection
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On December 30, 2008, AREVA Enrichment Services, LLC (AES a subsidiary of AREVA NC, Inc.), submitted an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), seeking a license to construct and operate a gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facility in the United States. Sp...
Research and Development to address nuclear-plant economic viability in current and future energy markets through innovation, efficiency gains, and business-model transformation through digital technologies. This includes addressing long-term aging and modernization...
Every reactor monitored by NRC's Reactor Oversight Process has its own individual assessment. The quarterly performance summaries below provide a summary of inputs to the Action Matrix process broken down by cornerstone and color coded according to significance. ...
The percentage of the total energy content of a power plant's fuel that is converted into electricity. The remaining energy is lost to the environment as heat.
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As requested by the NRC in Generic Letter 88-20, "Individual Plant Examination for Severe Accident Vulnerabilities" (November 23, 1988), a risk analysis that considers the unique aspects of a particular nuclear power plant, identifying the specific vulnerabilities to severe a...
An evaluation that considers the plant as a whole rather than system by system.
Location: Fulton, MO (25 miles ENE of Jefferson City, MO) in Region IVOperator: Union Electric Co.Operating License: Issued – 10/18/1984Renewed License: Issued – 03/06/2015License Expires: 10/18/2044Docket Number: 05000483Reactor Type: Pressurized Water Reacto...
(a) The Corporation may make changes to the plant or to the plant's operations as described in the safety analysis report without prior Commission approval provided all the provisions of this section are met:(1) The Corporation shall conduct a written safety analysis which dem...
Systems at a nuclear facility that may or may not be necessary for the operation of the facility (i.e., power production) but that would have little or no effect on public health and safety should they fail. These systems are not safety related.
A facility where uranium hexafluoride gas is filtered. Uranium-235 is separated from uranium-238, increasing the percentage of uranium-235 from 1 to about 3 percent. The process requires enormous amounts of electric power. For additional detail, see Gaseous diffusion.
Location: Covert, MI (5 miles S of South Haven, MI) in Region III Operator: Holtec Decommissioning InternationalOperating License: Issued - 02/21/19911Renewed License: Issued - 01/17/2007License Expires: 03/24/2031Docket Number: 05000255Reactor Type: Pressurized Water Rea...
A thermal power plant, in which the energy (heat) released by the fissioning of nuclear fuel is used to boil water to produce steam. The steam spins the propeller-like blades of a turbine that turns the shaft of a generator to produce electricity. Of the various nuclear power ...