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NFS
has played an important role in the development of nuclear power
in the United States. NFS operates one of only two privately-owned
facilities in the U.S. licensed by the Nuclear Regulator Commission
to store and process highly enriched uranium (HEU). NFS has played
a role in a myriad of important projects. Here are just a few:
- Produced physics-critical fuel rods for use in the Indian Point reactor
- America’s first commercial power reactor.
- Produced HEU oxide granules for use as fuel for the McMurdo Sound
reactor in Antarctica.
- Produced low-enriched uranium (LEU) for commercial reactors in Sweden
and India.
- Produced thorium oxide grain and thorium rods for use in the breeder
reactor program.
- Produced uranium and plutonium/uranium mixed oxides for the Big Rock
Point reactor and Halden reactor in Norway.
- Producedspecialty
uranium fuel for the U.S. Navy’s fleet of nuclear-powered
submarines, air craft carriers and surface vessels for
30 years.
- Perfected a proprietary process for the downblending
of HEU materials, intended for use in nuclear weapons during the Cold
War, into LEU material for use in commercial power reactors.
- Developed and implemented the first decontamination
and decommissioning (D&D) of a plutonium production facility
by a private company.
- Is a member of an award-winning Fernald
Environmental Management Project this is years ahead of schedule
in the remediation of the Fernald Feed Materials Plant, awarded a 10-year
extension by DOE in 2000.
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