U.S. Mulls Military Uranium Enrichment

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East Tennessee leads in U.S. effort to revive Cold War uranium capabilities

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The U.S. government is looking at possible locations for uranium enrichment plants for national defense.

The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration is partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop and test a new centrifuge technology that could enrich "unobligated" uranium.

Low-enriched uranium is composed of around 5% uranium-235, the fissile isotope that splits to power nuclear reactors.

The National Nuclear Security Administration does not enrich bomb-grade uranium to be used in weapons.

The U.S. cannot purchase enriched uranium for defense purposes from a foreign company.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory declined to comment on the Domestic Uranium Enrichment Centrifuge Experiment .

The project is separate from the Department of Energy's multibillion-dollar effort to spur domestic commercial uranium enrichment to fuel nuclear power plants.

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