After the news the other day ,that GLE would not apply for some...

After the news the other day ,that GLE would not apply for some of the IRA it would seem that the US didn't want us (GLE) to supply any even if they could, the NRC saw to that?

Centrus was Chosen and it was trialed using recycled Uranium to make 20KG of HALEU but Centrus has also  done a deal with GEH to supply HALEU to make their 8% enriched Uranium235 for making the new fuel which they have a license for at Wilmington GNF-A.

The situation below, could have been avoided had the HALEU been made on site at Wilmington? seems as if GEH will maybe only ever supply Centrus with recycled Uranium from their own efforts to recover U235 from UNF, can't see anywhere else the US will get the U235 from, that is until and if GLE will ever make HALEU at Paducah which is at least 4 years away anyway, no where near soon enough for their (US) requirements one would think and much the same would occur with the development of new mines which could be 7 to 10 years away, that's even if they can ever get permission anyway because a lot of new sites are on tribal lands where else will enough U235 come from
I reckon it will be GEH who will apply for an enrichment license at Wilmington when GLE leave, I suppose a license for enrichment by GLE at Wilmington would be useless anyway seeing as it will be GEH running the show with our Laser system I suspect, don't know why GEH don't bother to make HALEU to 8% seeing as how Silex thought they may be in with a show tom get some of the IRA money there, but that is GEH's decision I suppose?


https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Cylinder-shortages-hit-Centrus-HALEU-plans
Cylinder shortages hit Centrus HALEU plans

12 February 2024
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The US nuclear fuel and services company expects the shortages to be temporary but says it will no longer be able to deliver the anticipated 900 kg of material under the second part of its contract with the US Department of Energy.
The HALEU Demonstration Cascade was activated in October 2023 (Image: Centrus)
Centrus made its first delivery of 20 kg of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) produced at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, to the Department of Energy (DOE) in November, marking the end of the first phase of a cost-share contract signed in 2022. The company then moved forward to the second phase of that contract - a full year of HALEU production at the 900 kg per year plant.
The contract is part of DOE efforts to ensure the availability of HALEU - uranium enriched to between 5% and 20% uranium-235 - for advanced nuclear fuel for next-generation reactor designs and to build a domestic HALEU supply chain. The material is to remain on site in Piketon in a specially constructed storage facility until it is needed.
DOE is contractually required to provide the storage cylinders needed to collect the output from the Piketon cascade, but "supply chain challenges have created difficulties" for the department in securing the necessary 5B cylinders the entire production year, Centrus said in its Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results, released on 8 February. "Centrus anticipates that the delays in obtaining 5B Cylinders will be temporary, but no longer will deliver 900 kilograms of HALEU UF6 originally anticipated for Phase 2 of the contract, which extends to November 2024," the company said.
Type B cylinders are regulator-certified casks that can maintain shielding from gamma and neutron radiation used for materials including enriched uranium. The Type 30B cylinders are used to transport low-enriched uranium to fuel fabricators cannot be used for HALEU, which is enriched above 5% uranium-235.
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