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HEU minimization Category

May 28, 2013: United States continues HEU supply to Canada

Apr 05, 2013: All HEU removed from Czech Republic

Apr 04, 2013: HEU spent fuel of a Czech research reactor arrived in Murmansk

Jan 17, 2013: No date yet for PIK reactor start-up

Dec 11, 2012: All HEU removed from Austria

Nov 01, 2012: Spent HEU fuel removed from Uzbekistan

Oct 29, 2012: Russia launches HEU production line

Oct 29, 2012: Germany declares its 2011 plutonium and HEU stocks

Oct 04, 2012: Russia to begin conversion of its research reactors to LEU in 2013

Sep 25, 2012: Maria reactor in Poland converted to LEU

Sep 17, 2012: Russia and the United States to work on HEU removal

Sep 11, 2012: Kazakhstan begins tests of LEU fuel for VVR-K reactor

Jul 06, 2012: Brazil formally initiates its nuclear-powered submarine project

Jun 26, 2012: Russia and the United States to work on reactor conversion

Jun 07, 2012: U.S. administration announces steps to encourage production of Mo-99 without HEU

Jun 04, 2012: Russia to consolidate HEU fuel production in Electrostal

Jun 01, 2012: Russia is set to produce new highly-enriched uranium

May 30, 2012: NNSA requests license to supply HEU to Europe

May 24, 2012: United States looking to shut down last HEU pulsed reactor

May 16, 2012: Russia to take spent fuel of Uzbekistan's research reactors

May 09, 2012: Austria and Norway present a working paper on HEU minimization

May 08, 2012: Conversion of High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge delayed until 2020

May 08, 2012: NNSA to support accelerator-driven Mo-99 production in the U.S.

Apr 27, 2012: U.S. to supply LEU for Belgian BR2 research reactor

Apr 24, 2012: Russia develops LEU fuel for VVR-K reactor in Kazakhstan

Apr 05, 2012: Small amount of HEU remained in Ukraine

Apr 04, 2012: Nuclear submarine inducted into Indian Navy

Apr 02, 2012: U.S. reported to complete HEU shipment to France

Mar 27, 2012: Sweden to export plutonium to the United States

Mar 26, 2012: U.S. to supply HEU to European countries while they pursue conversion

Mar 22, 2012: Ukraine removed all HEU from its territory

Mar 21, 2012: All HEU is removed from Mexico

Mar 16, 2012: Vietnam to return spent fuel of research reactor in Dalat to Russia

Mar 09, 2012: Russia and the United States completed conversion feasibility studies for two reactors

Mar 06, 2012: Russia hands over a nuclear submarine to India

Feb 13, 2012: India plans new research reactors

Jan 19, 2012: Congress urged to restrict Russian medical isotopes produced with HEU

Oct 12, 2011: Kazakhstan eliminates 33 kg of fresh HEU fuel

Sep 08, 2011: GAO report on U.S. ability to account for its nuclear material overseas

Sep 03, 2011: U.S. is working to remove nuclear material from Italy

Aug 19, 2011: United States to remove HEU from Mexico

Aug 19, 2011: Belarus suspends HEU removal talks with the United States

Aug 17, 2011: U.S.-origin HEU spent fuel removed from South Africa

Aug 09, 2011: More delays for PIK reactor

Jul 11, 2011: Germany plutonium and HEU stocks in 2010

Jul 05, 2011: Russia starts IBR-2 reactor after modernization

May 24, 2011: Start-up of PIK reactor further delayed

Feb 03, 2011: A bill to reduce use of HEU in Mo-99 production is introduced in the Senate

Dec 30, 2010: Fresh HEU fuel removed from Ukraine

Dec 15, 2010: Spent fuel of a research reactor in Vinca shipped to Russia

Dec 09, 2010: German government blocks HEU spent fuel shipment to Russia

Dec 01, 2010: Belarus will remove all HEU by 2012

Dec 01, 2010: U.S. attempts to remove spent research reactor fuel from Pakistan

Nov 29, 2010: 85 kg of HEU removed from Belarus

Nov 27, 2010: The 2009 HEU shipment from Libya detailed

Nov 09, 2010: Rosatom and DoE to study conversion of Russian reactors

Nov 09, 2010: Spent HEU fuel removed from General Atomics facility

Nov 08, 2010: Spent fuel of Rossendorf research reactor to be shipped to Russia

Oct 29, 2010: South Africa's Nesca to supply all-LEU molybdenum-99 to the United States

Oct 16, 2010: HEU-fueled reactor operated without license for months

Oct 12, 2010: Spent HEU fuel shipped from Poland

Oct 08, 2010: Russia to remove HEU fuel from Belarus

Sep 09, 2010: HFR reactor at Petten resumed operations

Sep 07, 2010: Failure of a research reactor in Egypt reported

Aug 26, 2010: NIIAR at Dimitrovgrad prepares to enter Mo-99 market

Aug 25, 2010: South African company delivers Mo-99 produced with LEU

Aug 17, 2010: Canada completed repair of NRU reactor

Jul 27, 2010: Supply of Russian HEU to Western Europe

Jun 08, 2010: Argentina considers naval reactors

Jun 06, 2010: Spent HEU fuel removed from a research reactor in Kiev

May 23, 2010: Obninsk institute produces Mo-99 for Poland

May 05, 2010: MURR reactor to be converted to LEU fuel

Apr 26, 2010: Update on shipments of research reactor fuel to the U.S.

Apr 14, 2010: Russia's commitment to remove research reactor fuel in 2010

Apr 13, 2010: Nuclear Security Summit documents

Apr 12, 2010: Canada to return HEU from Chalk River to the United States

Apr 08, 2010: All HEU removed from Chile

Apr 07, 2010: Global inventory of HEU-fueled reactors, 2009

Apr 06, 2010: Ukraine pledged to remove all HEU by 2012

Apr 02, 2010: PIK reactor start-up delayed

Mar 11, 2010: U.S. to supply HEU for the High Flux Reactor in France

Feb 19, 2010: United States to send HEU to France for Belgian BR2 reactor

Feb 19, 2010: HFR reactor shut down for repairs

Feb 17, 2010: Maria reactor to produce molybdenum

Feb 05, 2010: GTRI plans for FY2011

Feb 05, 2010: U.S. assistance in securing fissile materials in Russia

Feb 03, 2010: NRC declined to restrict licensing of civilian use of HEU

Jan 27, 2010: Two U.S. companies get grants to build domestic medical isotope production

Jan 26, 2010: Shipments of spent fuel of research reactors to the U.S.

Jan 26, 2010: PIK reactor is ready for start-up

Jan 15, 2010: Categorization of HEU fuel at Sandia

Jan 12, 2010: Almost all HEU removed from Turkey

Dec 23, 2009: Russia's reactor decommissioning plans

Dec 21, 2009: Last HEU is removed from Libya

Sep 25, 2009: GTRI announces reactor conversions, fuel removals

Sep 15, 2009: NNSA announces conversion of research reactors

Jul 16, 2009: U.S. and Russian experts talk nuclear security at Angarsk

Jul 06, 2009: Moscow summit yields little visible progress on nuclear cooperation

Jun 30, 2009: Spent HEU fuel removed from Romania by air

Jun 27, 2009: Fresh HEU fuel removed from Romania

May 22, 2009: VVR-M reactor in Ukraine received LEU fuel

May 21, 2009: U.S. removes spent HEU fuel from Australia

May 19, 2009: Spent HEU fuel removed from Kazakhstan

May 15, 2009: NRU reactor at Chalk River Labs shut down for repairs

Apr 01, 2009: Obama-Medvedev statement notes civil HEU minimization, 123 agreement

Mar 24, 2009: Update on GTRI strategy and numbers

Feb 19, 2009: Russia will bring back spent fuel from research reactor in Romania

Feb 13, 2009: HFR isotope production reactor restart

Jan 23, 2009: GTRI to bring gap material from Canada, South Africa

Sep 08, 2008: Russia prepares to bring spent fuel from Hungary

Aug 28, 2008: Europe's isotope production reactors are down

Jul 18, 2008: Research reactors conversion in Russia

Jul 18, 2008: Spent HEU fuel removed from Bulgaria

Jul 16, 2008: Fuel from reactor in Hungary will be removed this year

Jun 02, 2008: Russia will work to remove spent fuel of a research reactor from Bulgaria

May 16, 2008: Spent HEU fuel removed from Latvia

Jan 12, 2008: TVEL will supply HEU fuel to Poland