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Thursday, September 27, 2012

GE-Hitachi's Global Laser Enrichment Plant Gets NRC OK, Other Projects Falter

GE-Hitachi's Global Laser Enrichment Plant Gets NRC OK, Other Projects Falter




A license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Tuesday greenlights operation of a proposed plant that will use laser technology to enrich uranium for fuel in commercial nuclear power reactors. If built as proposed on a 1,600-acre site at General Electric–Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment’s (GLE’s) global headquarters in Wilmington, N.C., where GLE currently operates a fuel fabrication plant, the facility would be one of two new enrichment plants expected to be operational by 2020, even though several others have received NRC approval and federal government funding. Read More »http://www.powermag.com/POWERnews/5002.html?hq_e=el&hq_m=2530880&hq_l=6&hq_v=30108e0773

US approves Hitachi-GE uranium enrichment plant

The Daily Yomiuri - ‎Sep 26, 2012‎
U.S. approves Hitachi-GE uranium enrichment plant. WASHINGTON (Jiji Press)--The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a license to a company affiliated with Hitachi Ltd. and U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co. to build and operate a ...

US panel approves uranium enrichment plant

Financial Express - ‎Sep 25, 2012‎
North Carolina: A nuclear power partnership of General Electric Co. and Tokyo-based Hitachi Ltd. received federal approval Tuesday to build the first plant to enrich uranium for use in commercial reactors using a classified laser technology. The Nuclear ...

GE, Hitachi win US approval for laser-tech uranium plant

Reuters - ‎Sep 25, 2012‎
WILMINGTON, N.C., Sept 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a license on Tuesday to a partnership between General Electric Co. and Japan's Hitachi Ltd to build and run a uranium enrichment plant using laser technology.

North Carolina Uranium Enrichment Plant Approved By Nuclear Regulatory ...

Huffington Post - ‎Sep 25, 2012‎
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US Panel Approves NC Uranium Enrichment Plant

ABC News - ‎Sep 25, 2012‎
US Panel Approves NC Uranium Enrichment Plant. By EMERY P. DALESIO AP Business Writer. RALEIGH, N.C. September 25, 2012 (AP). A nuclear power partnership of General Electric Co. and Tokyo-based Hitachi Ltd. received federal approval Tuesday ...

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