Inside the uranium plant at the center of U.S. plans to expand nuclear power

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Summary:
- This article discusses the use of enriched uranium in nuclear power plants and the role of companies like Urenco, Centrus, and Orano in the nuclear fuel supply chain.
- It explains how these companies are working to reduce their reliance on Russian-supplied enriched uranium and explore alternative sources, including the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize their operations.
- The article also mentions the potential for these companies to expand their operations to include data centers, which could leverage the waste heat from nuclear reactors to power energy-intensive computing tasks.

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