US picks potential partners for using Cold War-era plutonium as fuel
Key takeaways
- Trump gov’t plans to make about 20 metric tonnes of plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads available to US power firms
- The US Department of Energy made the announcement on Tuesday.
- Oklo, whose stock price was up more than 5.5 percent to $69.51 per share, said it plans to develop the fuel with newcleo, a European company that aims to build high-tech nuclear reactors.
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Trump gov’t plans to make about 20 metric tonnes of plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads available to US power firms
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo US President Donald Trump has ordered the halt of a programme to dilute and dispose of surplus plutonium, and instead provide it as a fuel for advanced nuclear technologies [File: Kylie Cooper/Reuters]By Reuters Published On 26 May 202626 May 2026The United States government has chosen five companies, including nuclear energy company Oklo, to enter advanced talks over potentially using its Cold War-era plutonium as a nuclear reactor fuel.
The US Department of Energy made the announcement on Tuesday.