We know it's possible to build submarines that have low-enriched uranium-the French do it.It's possible to do this. “It's a crucial thing that we will continue R&D.
Bill Foster, D-Ill., a former high-energy physicist who contends that the United States would be safer if it developed warship reactors that did not require highly enriched uranium, which can be used to build nuclear weapons. But Congress is poised to slam the door on more research, at least for the next year, and that could scuttle the possibility of using it on the next generation of U.S. There’s been a small but persistent push to get the Navy to look at using low-enriched uranium-instead of the highly enriched variety-to power its future submarines. But funding bans are on the horizon.īy Lauren C. July 27 with a response from the director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion.Ī handful of lawmakers want the Navy to research low-enriched uranium fuel to reduce nuclear weapons proliferation.
Editor's note: This story was updated at 8 p.m.
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