Westinghouse in UK produces first batch of higher enriched uranium fuel

Westinghouse said in a statement Aug. 8 it had produced at its Springfields fuel fabrication facility in northern England the first batch of uranium fuel pellets enriched up to 8% for use at Southern Nuclear Operating Co.’s 1,205-MW Vogtle-2 in Georgia. The fuel pellets were made from a “higher enriched uranium oxide power that was prepared by Idaho National Laboratory…Westinghouse said in a statement Aug. 8 it had produced at its Springfields fuel fabrication facility in northern England the first batch of uranium fuel pellets enriched up to 8% for use at Southern Nuclear Operating Co.’s 1,205-MW Vogtle-2 in Georgia. The fuel pellets were made from a “higher enriched uranium oxide power that was prepared by Idaho National Laboratory…  Read More