Westinghouse Bets $1 Billion on Stronger Nuclear Fuel

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Westinghouse is investing about 1 billion dollars in a new factory at its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Hopkins, South Carolina, to mass-produce LEU+ fuel enriched to between 5 and 8 percent uranium-235. The company calls it the first fleet-scale nuclear fuel factory buil…