So, if we stop oil and coal, end nuclear, and severely limit water, we will have to go with underpowered solar and wind…Obama wins and everyone loses. Now, about the uranium…
“We have concluded that continued support from the federal government for additional data from Piketon operations has limited remaining value,” a joint DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration statement said. Yes, we no longer need nuclear power.
“This is beyond belief,” Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, responded in a statement. “While this administration is greenlighting uranium enrichment in Iran and legitimizing 6,000 Iranian centrifuges, they’re shutting down domestic production here in America.”
Wenstrup called the closure decision “a dangerous threat to our national security.”
Source: Newsmax
Photo: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In its announcement that it will shutter American Centrifuge, the DOE announced the enrichment technologies developed at Piketon may be transferred to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
And what then? Let it all sit fallow? Transfer the information to Hillary’s server?
As recently as 20 years ago, the United States produced nearly 50 percent of the global supply of enriched uranium. Today, however, U.S. production accounts for only about 10 percent of the global supply, with Russia, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Holland producing the bulk of the world’s enriched uranium.
One Centrus Energy fact sheet warns: “The United States is at risk of losing its only future capability to enrich uranium to meet key national security needs.”
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said he was “stunned” by the administration’s announcement. He met with workers at the plant this weekend to discuss their options.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said the plant is “important to keeping our nation safe and secure for generations to come.” He expressed hope the administration could be persuaded to reverse course on a decision that he termed “shortsighted.”
Without the American Centrifuge Plant, the United States will have to rely on existing supplies of tritium, a radioactive material that endures about 12.5 years before it decays to the point where it is no longer effective.
Tritium can be used to boost or modulate the yield of a nuclear warhead. Tritium can also be produced by nuclear reactors.
A Centrus Energy fact sheet warns that cuts in U.S. enrichment capability are “potentially causing” U.S. nuclear plants to become dependent on foreign fuel sources. U.S. enriched uranium also plays an important role in powering U.S. Navy submarines and aircraft carriers.
Hmmm…is it all part of the Obama plan?
Obama has supported our enemies far two much ! impeach him already ,.
Hussein Obama the traitor, traitoring America for muslims
We’re is Congress??????
He takes his orders from Valerie Jarrett who is proud of being from Iran.
Stop that maniac Congress. He is a menace to our country. Obama is Public enemy +1!!!
We’ll start em up when he’s out
That’s because he is a muslim communist……….trying to kill US…