As part of its environmental clean-up mission, the US Department of Energy has agreed to sell depleted uranium to GE-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) for use in a new commercial uranium enrichment production facility. The DOE is expected to announce today that it will provide $450 million worth of enriched uranium, which can be used as fuel or feed into existing nuclear reactors. The Office of Environmental Management (EM) is to complete the safe cleanup of the environmental legacy brought about from five decades of nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research. The proposed Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility will be built near the DOE's gaseous diffusion plant in Kentucky, under a licence from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and is expected to create 800 to 1,200 local jobs.
As part of its environmental clean-up mission, the US Department of Energy has agreed to sell depleted uranium to GE-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) for use in a new commercial uranium enrichment production facility. The DOE is expected to announce today that it will provide $450 million worth of enriched uranium, which can be used as fuel or feed into existing nuclear reactors. The proposed Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility will be built near the DOE's gaseous diffusion plant in Kentucky, under a licence from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and is expected to create 800 to 1,200 local jobs.