U235 part two

For uranium 235 to be used in small nuclear reactors it must be enriched from .7% to 15% and there is only one place in the US where this is done and that is a plant in New Mexico. The Centrus Energy company has started production in Ohio, and a new plant is planned in Tennessee. There are currently six companies in the US, one in Canada and one in England focusing on factory built modular reactors. The Trump administration is actively pushing the development and deployment of Small Nuclear Reactors (SMR’s) with an $800 million funding for projects in Michigan and Tennessee. This includes fast tracking regulations and promoting SMR’s for national defense. Private companies like Google, Amazon and Microsoft are spending $15 billion on developing SMR’s. The use of renewables cannot keep up with the need for electric power and nuclear is the only viable source of carbon free energy