Russian research reactors may convert to LEU

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Russian_research_reactors_may_convert_to_LEU_fuel-0912104.html

09 December 2010

Having cooperated for years on converting research reactors around the world from using highly-enriched uranium (HEU) fuel to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel, Russia and the USA have now agreed to jointly study the feasibility of converting Russia's own research reactors to LEU fuel.

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