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DoE Awards Contracts to Six Companies for HALEU Deconversion Services

Oct 8, 2024, 10:41 PM

The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has awarded contracts to six companies for the deconversion services of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU). These contracts aim to turn HALEU into metal or oxide forms that can be made into fuel for advanced reactors. BWXT's Nuclear Fuel Services subsidiary is among the companies selected for these services under an indefinite-delivery contract. Additionally, the DoE has issued a draft environmental assessment to analyze the potential environmental impacts associated with operating the DOME test bed at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The DOME is one of two new test beds being developed at INL to test new advanced reactors.