Overview
- LIS Technologies received a State of Tennessee Radioactive Material License covering its Test Demonstration Facility in the K-1330 building at the K-25 site in Oak Ridge.
- The license permits procurement of uranium hexafluoride and handling of various uranium forms to support research and optimization of the company’s U.S.-origin, patented laser isotope separation technology.
- The facility will focus on advancing processes aimed at producing low-enriched uranium and high-assay LEU for current reactors and next-generation designs.
- NANO Nuclear, identified as a commercial partner, plans fuel-cycle capabilities to integrate LIST’s enriched UF6 into an eventual fuel manufacturing pathway for advanced reactors.
- LIST’s December 2024 selection for the DOE LEU Enrichment Acquisition IDIQ program situates the license within broader efforts to restore domestic enrichment, with further testing and regulatory steps ahead before any pilot or commercial deployment.