US needs supply of higher-enriched LEU for advanced reactors, supporters say

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The US government should consider downblending high-enrichedrnuranium into low-enriched uranium at the 19.75% U-235 level to ensurernadvanced reactor vendors have access to fuel with enrichment levelsrnhigher than those now available commercially, the head of the USrnNuclear Infrastructure Council’s advanced reactor task force said July 12.