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Conference to Address Ridding Reactors of HEU
Nuclear experts are scheduled to meet this month in Norway to discuss efforts to eliminate use of weaponizable highly enriched uranium at nuclear power plants, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a press release (see GSN, Nov. 8, 2005). The U.N. atomic watchdog and the government of Norway are hosting the event, scheduled from June 17 to 20 in Oslo. The conference will allow experts “to take stock of technical and other issues influencing global efforts to remove highly enriched uranium from the world’s research reactors,” the release states. More than 100 research reactors globally continue to use highly enriched uranium. Given the dangers of proliferation and nuclear terrorism, efforts have been made to promote use of more proliferation-resistant low-enriched uranium that would allow research reactors to continue to operate at high performance levels, the IAEA release states. “One objective [of the meeting] is to establish international consensus on technical issues and associated implications concerning the replacement of HEU with LEU for various civilian uses,” the agency said. “Another is to agree on the way forward for a more concerted international effort in the framework of existing international agreements, organizations and assistance programs” (International Atomic Energy Agency release, June 7).
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