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NRC Licenses Laser Enrichment Facility

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WILMINGTON, N.C., Sept. 27, 2012 — A first-of-its-kind facility for the laser enrichment of uranium has received a license from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The license authorizes GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) to enrich uranium up to 8 percent by weight in the fissile isotope U-235, using a laser-based technology. “This is a seminal moment in the history of the nuclear industry,” said Dr. Michael Goldsworthy, CEO of Silex, the Australia-based company that developed the laser technology that will be used. “After more than 40 years of international research...Read full article

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    Published: September 2012
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    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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