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How lasers could help provide fuel for nuclear reactors
MIT Tech Review·July 27, 2026·1 min read
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Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) is developing a technology using lasers to extract uranium from waste material in Paducah, Kentucky. This innovative approach aims to reprocess old materials from a defunct nuclear enrichment facility to provide fuel for nuclear reactors.
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Outside the small town of Paducah, Kentucky, a wealth of uranium is locked away in thousands of storage cylinders filled with waste material from a now-closed nuclear enrichment facility. Lasers could help get it out. A company called Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) is looking to reprocess this old material with a new technology called laser…
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