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  "id": 3583185,
  "title": "Dallas startup enriches Uranium",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/dallas-startup-enriches-uranium",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-26T19:23:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hacker News",
    "slug": "hacker-news",
    "url": "https://www.actinideinc.com/press/actinide-becomes-first-startup-to-ever-enrich-natural-uranium-to-produce-haleu"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dallas-based Actinide, an advanced materials company, has made history by producing high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) for the first time. HALEU, defined as uranium with 5-20% uranium-235, is crucial for advanced reactors but currently unavailable domestically. Actinide's first-generation calutron, a modified electromagnetic isotope separator, achieved this milestone using a laboratory-scale exclusion under NRC regulations. The enrichment process, which produced natural uranium at 15.38% enrichment, still needs conversion into solid form before use in reactors. Actinide's co-founders, Eric Olszewski and Robert Mendelsohn, emphasize their technology's cost-effectiveness, speed, and reconfigurability compared to conventional centrifuge plants. The second-generation Fortitude separator is in development, aiming to provide half the separation capacity of the U.S. government's current electromagnetic fleet.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}