Fueling the Future of Nuclear Power
USG Demand for HALEU is Larger & More Predictable
than Commercial Demand Through 2030
Quantity
Timing
Customer
Research Reactor Conversion
(HEU to HALEU)
3-7 MTU/yr¹
(through 2033)
Ongoing
DOE/NNSA
Certain
Energy Act of 2020
(Consolidated Appropriations Act)
7-9 MTU/yr¹
(after 2033)
DOE required to
provide quantities
needed for
demonstration and
commercial reactors
No later than
Jan 1, 2026
DOE
Likely or
Possible
First of a Kind / Demonstration Reactors
(NE-ARDP, etc)
~5-10 MTU/yr
DOD Microreactors (potential)
Uncertain Nth of a Kind Advanced Reactors
~ 1-3 MTU
per reactor
large, but uncertain
Mid-late
2020s
Beginning in
mid 2020s
DOE
DOD
2030s
Commercial
and Long-
Late 2020s/
Accident Tolerant Fuels
large, but uncertain
Commercial
Term
early 2030s
1) Source for research reactor HALEU quantities: DOE/NNSA, Amendment to NNSA RFI for Supply of Enriched Uranium (Q&A), 2017.
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Fueling the Future
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